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Sophia is unique. Rather than being a “normal” Mono or Duo, she can remember everything; her entire past and everything that happens to her every day. And in plenty of sordid detail. We quickly learn that Sophia is out for revenge. And being the only person who can remember everything in her past, it seems Sophia has an advantage over everyone else. But she is also dead. And her lover, author Mark Henry Evans, is the chief suspect. With Detective Hans Richardson investigating the case, he turns to Sophia’s iDiary. He quickly writes it off as deluded, fictional, crazy nonsense. But he keeps reading and wondering “what if?”... desperate to solve the crime before the end of the day, Detective Richardson follows the only lead he has to try and uncover the truth of Sophia’s murder.
I’m so torn with this book. The concept is just strange and I struggled to get onboard with it. I couldn’t understand how it would work and having read the whole book, I’m still not sure I understand. There’s a few holes in the concept in my opinion. For example, what is it that resets the clock? Midnight like Cinderella?! Or when the person goes to sleep? Why would memory affect society’s class?
On the other hand, there is something so enjoyably perverse about reading other people’s diaries that at times I couldn’t put the book down! Of course the key to this book is the truth and how much of the truth people allow themselves to remember and admit to themselves. The book starts to twist and turn as we find out the different character accounts and at times it is hard to keep up with the plot as a whole.
Yesterday is a different and interesting concept but one that I’m not sure fully works. It’s interestingly scandalous but feels a little flat.
Thank you to Felicia Yap, NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’m so torn with this book. The concept is just strange and I struggled to get onboard with it. I couldn’t understand how it would work and having read the whole book, I’m still not sure I understand. There’s a few holes in the concept in my opinion. For example, what is it that resets the clock? Midnight like Cinderella?! Or when the person goes to sleep? Why would memory affect society’s class?
On the other hand, there is something so enjoyably perverse about reading other people’s diaries that at times I couldn’t put the book down! Of course the key to this book is the truth and how much of the truth people allow themselves to remember and admit to themselves. The book starts to twist and turn as we find out the different character accounts and at times it is hard to keep up with the plot as a whole.
Yesterday is a different and interesting concept but one that I’m not sure fully works. It’s interestingly scandalous but feels a little flat.
Thank you to Felicia Yap, NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.