Reviews - The Memory Library

357 reviews for:

The Memory Library

Kate Storey

4.03 AVERAGE

sharonrhh's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hodgepodge711's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring reflective medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mahardy37's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I listened to the audio version of this book via audible.

Initially I liked the book as the author explored the tension between mother and daughter after many years of a strained relationship ultimately due to a misunderstanding. You got to know some interesting characters and see the mother's struggles with early dementia symptoms. The author nailed the dark messy realities of life and relationships.

But I found the book took a turn about three-quarters of the way through where everything became too upbeat and optimistic. it almost felt like someone else stepped in to write the last quarter of the book. it's felt disjointed and off to me. It's not as if I wanted an sad ending but everything seemed too perfectly resolved for me.

missy_reads's review against another edition

4.75

This story was full of life lessons, friendship, family, and how people get things wrong, then figure out how to set them right. Kate Storey showed how easy it is to make incorrect assumptions when you don't have all the facts, and the revealing of the facts led me through a range of emotions while listening to this. I loved that all of these themes were focused around a personal library of books and the place it played in these people's lives.