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A review by lunarfire
False Memory by Dan Krokos
4.0
I love books with unreliable narrators and this book 100% delivers on that aspect. The whole time you're following Miranda you're left wondering whether or not you can trust her or if she can even trust herself. That said, while this book could have easily been just about Miranda it was about so much more than that, too. Where did she and the other Roses come from? What were they made for? And who are they really? Its fascinating to be in her mind as she and the others discovers bits of her past (literally) while being tossed head-first into the take down of their "creators."
The only thing I didn't like was a little bit of the insta-love factor. How realistic was it that both of the boys she grew up with (like brothers, mind you) would love her and neither would love Olive? How realistic was it for her be put in the love triangle from pretty much the get go? And to make matters worse for the whole first half of the book I felt like Miranda was overly concerned with her relationship drama when she should have been spending more time worrying about the group's survival. She even had to mentally shake herself out of it repeatedly, almost chastising herself, just to get back on track. I like a little romantic drama, but I feel like the repeated reminders were a little unnecessary.
That said, I loved the book and its concept. I will be reading the sequel as soon as I can get my hands on it. Also I hope that there's a little more background on the rest of the group in book, two. We got a glimpse of Miranda (of course) and a little of Rhys, but not nearly enough of Noah and Peter for me to call them well-rounded just yet. I look forward to getting to know them better.
The only thing I didn't like was a little bit of the insta-love factor. How realistic was it that both of the boys she grew up with (like brothers, mind you) would love her and neither would love Olive? How realistic was it for her be put in the love triangle from pretty much the get go? And to make matters worse for the whole first half of the book I felt like Miranda was overly concerned with her relationship drama when she should have been spending more time worrying about the group's survival. She even had to mentally shake herself out of it repeatedly, almost chastising herself, just to get back on track. I like a little romantic drama, but I feel like the repeated reminders were a little unnecessary.
That said, I loved the book and its concept. I will be reading the sequel as soon as I can get my hands on it. Also I hope that there's a little more background on the rest of the group in book, two. We got a glimpse of Miranda (of course) and a little of Rhys, but not nearly enough of Noah and Peter for me to call them well-rounded just yet. I look forward to getting to know them better.