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The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
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The premise of this book sounded absolutely fascinating - the fact that memory was being used as currency seemed so unique and interesting. Unfortunately though, the book fell utterly flat for me. The timeline seemed so strange and off. It was very confusing as it seemed to jump from time to time and I felt very lost especially in the beginning.
The romance for this book felt so odd as well. It felt forced and not at all realistic. I actually buddy read this and this was an aspect that we both agreed upon because it was probably the most awkward romance in existence. And at first, we hoped that perhaps it was just a slow build but that wasn't the case either. It was just badly done.
I also felt that the world building was extremely confusing as there were multiple scenes when things were introduced but not explained well particularly the scene with the ghost and hunter. And so neither of us knew what was going on nor did we understand the importance of that scene. To be honest, I still don't fully get it.
My other big issue was the fact that there were a lot of random conveniences going on and the fact that things moved way too quickly. For example, there was going to be this huge situation but suddenly, things all worked out so well that this situation was no longer a situation. And so, a book with little conflict or anything was honestly quite boring.
Overall, I was severely disappointed with this book and this book had so much potential with such an unique concept. Unfortunately the characters were a miss, the romance subpar and the plot/world building confusing.
The premise of this book sounded absolutely fascinating - the fact that memory was being used as currency seemed so unique and interesting. Unfortunately though, the book fell utterly flat for me. The timeline seemed so strange and off. It was very confusing as it seemed to jump from time to time and I felt very lost especially in the beginning.
The romance for this book felt so odd as well. It felt forced and not at all realistic. I actually buddy read this and this was an aspect that we both agreed upon because it was probably the most awkward romance in existence. And at first, we hoped that perhaps it was just a slow build but that wasn't the case either. It was just badly done.
I also felt that the world building was extremely confusing as there were multiple scenes when things were introduced but not explained well particularly the scene with the ghost and hunter. And so neither of us knew what was going on nor did we understand the importance of that scene. To be honest, I still don't fully get it.
My other big issue was the fact that there were a lot of random conveniences going on and the fact that things moved way too quickly. For example, there was going to be this huge situation but suddenly, things all worked out so well that this situation was no longer a situation. And so, a book with little conflict or anything was honestly quite boring.
Overall, I was severely disappointed with this book and this book had so much potential with such an unique concept. Unfortunately the characters were a miss, the romance subpar and the plot/world building confusing.