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A review by starcrossreverie
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4/5 stars!
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this book. At the beginning I was close to DNF'ing it because I hated how the writing went into deep descriptions of scenes and memories. Usually I could imagine scenes like a movie in my head, but the detailed descriptions was too much and it was just words on paper. Halfway through the book I started to skim through a few of the descriptions.
The characters, besides Paul and Phoebe, were unlikable but I still enjoyed reading their POVs. I can understand why Norah did the things she did butwished she hadn't cheated and how she just gets away with it? No remorse from her POVs, only getting upset when one affair partner refused to stop calling her. Even Paul quickly got over it in his POVs.
I wish we had more scenes with Phoebe and learned more about her the same way we did with Paul. It would've been amazing to have some chapters from her POV. It's weird that we didn't since the story's plot pretty much centers around her existence; that long gap where we didn't get another Caroline POV sucked too.
Hated David since chapter 1 to the end of the book.The Rosemary part was weird and felt randomly thrown in. It didn't really add anything to the story for me besides giving David an excuse to leave and divorce Norah. A scandal over his decision was mentioned and I wish more had been said about it but it never was.
Caroline, her only redeeming quality was giving Phoebe a good life.She's terrible for waiting so long to tell Norah the truth and for being a part in her suffering.
Overall, a pretty good story. Not something I would want to reread but I'm a little glad I finally got around to reading it. It's been sitting within a box of books in my hall closet for a decade lol
4/5 stars!
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this book. At the beginning I was close to DNF'ing it because I hated how the writing went into deep descriptions of scenes and memories. Usually I could imagine scenes like a movie in my head, but the detailed descriptions was too much and it was just words on paper. Halfway through the book I started to skim through a few of the descriptions.
The characters, besides Paul and Phoebe, were unlikable but I still enjoyed reading their POVs. I can understand why Norah did the things she did but
I wish we had more scenes with Phoebe and learned more about her the same way we did with Paul. It would've been amazing to have some chapters from her POV. It's weird that we didn't since the story's plot pretty much centers around her existence; that long gap where we didn't get another Caroline POV sucked too.
Hated David since chapter 1 to the end of the book.
Caroline, her only redeeming quality was giving Phoebe a good life.
Overall, a pretty good story. Not something I would want to reread but I'm a little glad I finally got around to reading it. It's been sitting within a box of books in my hall closet for a decade lol