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krystianna 's review for:
The Memory Book
by Lara Avery
**Thank you so much to the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review!**
I had pretty high hopes after reading and enjoying A Million Miles Away which was Lara Avery's last YA novel. However, I found this one to fall a little bit short.
I really liked the whole concept. I haven't really read any memory loss novels, so it was very interesting to get into the head of someone who was honestly losing her memory. That has to be so heartbreaking to know that it's happening but also there's nothing that can be done about it.
I also really liked Sammie. I couldn't help but like her, not only because of what she was going through, but because of what kind of person she is. Somehow, she even managed to have humor while writing to her future self who couldn't remember anything.
Sammie had dreams of going to college and was honestly so headstrong. Because of that, I could relate to her. I just had my senior year of high school so I honestly know what it's like to work so hard for so long. All you really want is for all of your hard work to pay off.
Sammie was a nerd. So yes, I can relate to her even more, as can pretty much every other book lover.
Stuart was so amazing and the romance was pretty interesting. He basically has dreams of being a writer, so yet again, he's like going to be the #1 crush for everyone who reads this book. Plus, Sammie had a crush on him for years and Stuart didn't even know it, so it was great to see that kind of all unravel through Avery's writing.
Despite the fact that I liked all of that, there were some things that kind of pushed me away from utterly loving this book. For instance, there was a love triangle. I used to be a fan of love triangles, and honestly I still am sometimes, but I only really think that love triangles are okay in series. That way the characters are way more developed so it makes more sense for them to kind of have difficulties choosing who they want to be with. But in a normal novel? I'm not the biggest fan.
So, there were obviously way more likes than dislikes, which is why I'm giving this novel 3 stars. I'll probably still check out Lara Avery's next novel.
I had pretty high hopes after reading and enjoying A Million Miles Away which was Lara Avery's last YA novel. However, I found this one to fall a little bit short.
I really liked the whole concept. I haven't really read any memory loss novels, so it was very interesting to get into the head of someone who was honestly losing her memory. That has to be so heartbreaking to know that it's happening but also there's nothing that can be done about it.
I also really liked Sammie. I couldn't help but like her, not only because of what she was going through, but because of what kind of person she is. Somehow, she even managed to have humor while writing to her future self who couldn't remember anything.
Sammie had dreams of going to college and was honestly so headstrong. Because of that, I could relate to her. I just had my senior year of high school so I honestly know what it's like to work so hard for so long. All you really want is for all of your hard work to pay off.
Sammie was a nerd. So yes, I can relate to her even more, as can pretty much every other book lover.
Stuart was so amazing and the romance was pretty interesting. He basically has dreams of being a writer, so yet again, he's like going to be the #1 crush for everyone who reads this book. Plus, Sammie had a crush on him for years and Stuart didn't even know it, so it was great to see that kind of all unravel through Avery's writing.
Despite the fact that I liked all of that, there were some things that kind of pushed me away from utterly loving this book. For instance, there was a love triangle. I used to be a fan of love triangles, and honestly I still am sometimes, but I only really think that love triangles are okay in series. That way the characters are way more developed so it makes more sense for them to kind of have difficulties choosing who they want to be with. But in a normal novel? I'm not the biggest fan.
So, there were obviously way more likes than dislikes, which is why I'm giving this novel 3 stars. I'll probably still check out Lara Avery's next novel.