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rwmccormic 's review for:
The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
It's a good book overall with some solid twists, but it seems a little too saccharine for my taste. Relatively solid characters and believable world building. Both of which I wish had more solid follow through throughout the novel. There were individual parts of the book that were marvelous: the memory system (sans rapid introduction of variations), the maze (sans fairytale garden and mansion on the top), dark forboding city/man that turns into pivitol caring place/character (I wish we had more time with him in his city), the Shadows (minus their leader having an unprovoked change of heart), the complex evil ruler, the asylum, the different factions of gifted. However, squeezing them into one book gave each piece less attention and time.
There isn't enough build up or time between events, just one after another, after another. it seemed like the author was trying to fit in too much content, which made the resolutions of most events cliche and surface level. And although there is hardship it's covered by sticky sweet meet-ups and sugary sentimentality. When there is grit, it's brushed over too quickly and resolved before I have a chance to feel for the characters.
Ideally this book would have ended in Aravid with the revaluations and continued into another novel. It would have given more time and space for the characters to grow and for event to be believable. The timeline could then be extended past 5-7 days to literally travel between three different realms, fight a war, fall in love, reunite family, experience loss, and reveal/explore the numberous variations. Not to mention all the other things that happened.
There isn't enough build up or time between events, just one after another, after another. it seemed like the author was trying to fit in too much content, which made the resolutions of most events cliche and surface level. And although there is hardship it's covered by sticky sweet meet-ups and sugary sentimentality. When there is grit, it's brushed over too quickly and resolved before I have a chance to feel for the characters.
Ideally this book would have ended in Aravid with the revaluations and continued into another novel. It would have given more time and space for the characters to grow and for event to be believable. The timeline could then be extended past 5-7 days to literally travel between three different realms, fight a war, fall in love, reunite family, experience loss, and reveal/explore the numberous variations. Not to mention all the other things that happened.