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libraryinthecountry 's review for:
The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
Typically, when I see a book has poor reviews, I give it the benefit of the doubt. That’s what I did in this case, as The Memory Thief has been on my backlist for ages and I wanted to give the audiobook a chance.
Thank goodness this is a short book, because I would have DNF’d it if it were longer. Nothing of consequence happens. Honestly, I am not even sure I could accurately describe *what* happens.
The world building isn’t even really there. There are people who have the power to take and access memories, and memories are used like currency or as punishment, but I have no idea why or how beyond that. Every character in this is bland, even the villains.
The timeline of events was so rushed and confusing. For much of the book I couldn’t figure out if I was seeing flashbacks or if the character was glimpsing memories with their power or if the timeline was linear, or honestly what was even going on. Everything is rushed and convenient and there is never really a moment in which the author allows the story to simply breathe and play out naturally. It felt like they forced the plot along just to get to the end.
Honestly, the whole memory thief idea was interesting but pretty much nothing is done with it. It’s a start, for a foundation, but I’ve read better stories with the same idea.
Thank goodness this is a short book, because I would have DNF’d it if it were longer. Nothing of consequence happens. Honestly, I am not even sure I could accurately describe *what* happens.
The world building isn’t even really there. There are people who have the power to take and access memories, and memories are used like currency or as punishment, but I have no idea why or how beyond that. Every character in this is bland, even the villains.
The timeline of events was so rushed and confusing. For much of the book I couldn’t figure out if I was seeing flashbacks or if the character was glimpsing memories with their power or if the timeline was linear, or honestly what was even going on. Everything is rushed and convenient and there is never really a moment in which the author allows the story to simply breathe and play out naturally. It felt like they forced the plot along just to get to the end.
Honestly, the whole memory thief idea was interesting but pretty much nothing is done with it. It’s a start, for a foundation, but I’ve read better stories with the same idea.