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bethanyhendrix 's review for:
The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
2 1/2-3 Stars
The overall readability of this book is good--I finished it quickly, it kept my attention. The cover is gorgeous. The idea behind it is new and interesting.
However, it just wasn't executed well enough to be the book it deserved to be.
I was a little lost in the beginning, intrigued by the middle, and just sort of meh by the end.
The whole premise of the memory thing--being Gifted or Ungifted--didn't really make sense to me. As the book went on, I kind of wrapped my head around it, but I don't think I had a solid enough grasp on it and the world Mansy created to really appreciate it.
While it's written in present tense, first person, Julietta is constantly recounting things that happened previously, whether in the past four years or earlier that morning. It overshadows what's happening then and there and really put me off. I can appreciate when looking into the past is helpful towards the story, especially one like this that deals with memories, but it was so constant it didn't work for me.
Julietta and Reid's connection was a little predictable and happened a little too quickly for my liking, but I liked them together for the most part.
I will say that there were a few twists in the middle of the book that I didn't expect and I think that's really what kept me reading. But, the pacing was too quick and everything happened too easily for my liking.
Overall, it was an interesting concept, but didn't pull enough punches to really get me to like it.
The overall readability of this book is good--I finished it quickly, it kept my attention. The cover is gorgeous. The idea behind it is new and interesting.
However, it just wasn't executed well enough to be the book it deserved to be.
I was a little lost in the beginning, intrigued by the middle, and just sort of meh by the end.
The whole premise of the memory thing--being Gifted or Ungifted--didn't really make sense to me. As the book went on, I kind of wrapped my head around it, but I don't think I had a solid enough grasp on it and the world Mansy created to really appreciate it.
While it's written in present tense, first person, Julietta is constantly recounting things that happened previously, whether in the past four years or earlier that morning. It overshadows what's happening then and there and really put me off. I can appreciate when looking into the past is helpful towards the story, especially one like this that deals with memories, but it was so constant it didn't work for me.
Julietta and Reid's connection was a little predictable and happened a little too quickly for my liking, but I liked them together for the most part.
I will say that there were a few twists in the middle of the book that I didn't expect and I think that's really what kept me reading. But, the pacing was too quick and everything happened too easily for my liking.
Overall, it was an interesting concept, but didn't pull enough punches to really get me to like it.