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The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
Blog review: https://trishadoeseverythingbutstudy2.wordpress.com/2021/02/27/february-2021-reviews-books/#memory-thief
This book was bad.
I don't even want to write any more, but because this has been impacting my review writing for a lot of time now, I'm just going to up and write it.
Oh, where do I even start.
Etta cries. A lot. There is instalove. There is a stupid love interest. There is a stupid MC. There is an even stupider plot. The powers don't make sense. The memory thing has so many loopholes, most of which I do not even remember because it has been a month, and frankly o don't want to think about this book any more than is necessary.
The MC makes stupid decisions, then moves on to make even stupider decisions, and if it was earthly possible, she makes an even stupider decisions.
This book is filled with Etta's stupid decisions and incessant crying and illogical decisions, punctuated with irritating love declarations that come after 5 days of knowing the guy.
I just realised that you might be reading this thinking it'll be a coherent and logical review, and it doesn't pain me the slightest to tell you that that won't be happening, because this review will be anything but coherent, and I've made my peace with it.
Now, where was I?
Yes, the illogical decisions.
I tell you, if Etta could just wait and take well thought out decisions, half of the deaths in this could be avoided.
But nOoOoOo.
Honestly, the instalove in this was so instalove, that o felt like raising some of my ratings for other books that I read and rounded down my ratings for because I didn't enjoy the instalove.
5 days. FIVE f*cking days. That's all they've known each other for. And you lUrVe each other?!?!
The thing is, I waited so long to read this, with such high expectations, because telepathy/empathy like powers is like one of my favourite tropes. And adding memory shenanigans to the mix?!?! Sign me up! (But like not for this book because it was a freaking disaster).
We had such extremely forthcoming characters with nicely timed flashbacks(am I blatantly plagiarising my status updates without an ounce of regret at not remembering what all I had to write here? Hell yes I am.)
This book was just so convenient. Everything falls nicely into place, and that is not what books are supposed to be like. There needs to be unpredictability. There needs to be plot lines that don't fall in to place. There needs to be more to the book than conveniently timed flashbacks that explain exactly what's going on, without you having to put the slightest bit of thought into the book.
I almost dnfed this book so many times, but in the end I slaved through because it was short. So I thought just finish it.
That was a day of my life I'll never get back.
Anyway, I'd first rated this three stars, but upon further reflection, this does not deserve three stars. Thus the new two star rating. Also, this has made me feel that I need to update my ratings for a lot of books because my standards have obviously been too low for ratings, and way lower than my enjoyment levels.
I'm just stopping here because I don't even know what to say anymore. Good bye, and have a good day. I don't want to recommend this book, but if you enjoy a short storyline that doesn't require you to apply brainpower and that you just want to passively read to pass the time, and you don't mind incessant crying, then this is for you!!!
This book was bad.
I don't even want to write any more, but because this has been impacting my review writing for a lot of time now, I'm just going to up and write it.
Oh, where do I even start.
Etta cries. A lot. There is instalove. There is a stupid love interest. There is a stupid MC. There is an even stupider plot. The powers don't make sense. The memory thing has so many loopholes, most of which I do not even remember because it has been a month, and frankly o don't want to think about this book any more than is necessary.
The MC makes stupid decisions, then moves on to make even stupider decisions, and if it was earthly possible, she makes an even stupider decisions.
This book is filled with Etta's stupid decisions and incessant crying and illogical decisions, punctuated with irritating love declarations that come after 5 days of knowing the guy.
I just realised that you might be reading this thinking it'll be a coherent and logical review, and it doesn't pain me the slightest to tell you that that won't be happening, because this review will be anything but coherent, and I've made my peace with it.
Now, where was I?
Yes, the illogical decisions.
I tell you, if Etta could just wait and take well thought out decisions, half of the deaths in this could be avoided.
But nOoOoOo.
Honestly, the instalove in this was so instalove, that o felt like raising some of my ratings for other books that I read and rounded down my ratings for because I didn't enjoy the instalove.
5 days. FIVE f*cking days. That's all they've known each other for. And you lUrVe each other?!?!
The thing is, I waited so long to read this, with such high expectations, because telepathy/empathy like powers is like one of my favourite tropes. And adding memory shenanigans to the mix?!?! Sign me up! (But like not for this book because it was a freaking disaster).
We had such extremely forthcoming characters with nicely timed flashbacks(am I blatantly plagiarising my status updates without an ounce of regret at not remembering what all I had to write here? Hell yes I am.)
This book was just so convenient. Everything falls nicely into place, and that is not what books are supposed to be like. There needs to be unpredictability. There needs to be plot lines that don't fall in to place. There needs to be more to the book than conveniently timed flashbacks that explain exactly what's going on, without you having to put the slightest bit of thought into the book.
I almost dnfed this book so many times, but in the end I slaved through because it was short. So I thought just finish it.
That was a day of my life I'll never get back.
Anyway, I'd first rated this three stars, but upon further reflection, this does not deserve three stars. Thus the new two star rating. Also, this has made me feel that I need to update my ratings for a lot of books because my standards have obviously been too low for ratings, and way lower than my enjoyment levels.
I'm just stopping here because I don't even know what to say anymore. Good bye, and have a good day. I don't want to recommend this book, but if you enjoy a short storyline that doesn't require you to apply brainpower and that you just want to passively read to pass the time, and you don't mind incessant crying, then this is for you!!!