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A review by carpoolbookclub
The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate
2.0
Unfortunately, this book was a DNF (did not finish) for me. I thought the premise was brilliant and I was excited to read it. Also, such a stunning cover! The writing is beautiful…exquisite. However, the pace is painfully slow and the plot is unbearably subtle. Thus, I simply could not stay interested in the story.
I hate DNF’ing a book and rarely do it. BUT life is too short to force yourself to read a book that doesn’t engage you!!
I gave this one ⭐️⭐️ because the writing was stunning.
DESCRIPTION:
Lucien moves to Los Angeles to be with his grandmother as she undergoes an experimental memory treatment for Alzheimer’s using the new drug, Memoroxin. An emerging photographer, he’s also running from the sudden death of his mother, a well-known artist whose legacy haunts Lucien.
Sophie has just landed the lead in the upcoming performance of La Sylphide with the Los Angeles Ballet Company. She still waitresses at the Chateau Marmont during her off hours, witnessing the recreational use of Memoroxin—or Mem—among the Hollywood elite.
When Lucien and Sophie meet at The Center, founded by the ambitious yet conflicted Dr. Angelica Sloane to treat patients who’ve abused Mem, they have no memory of how they got there—or why they feel so inexplicably drawn to each other. Is it attraction, or something they cannot remember from “before”?
Set in a city that seems to have no identity of its own, The Shimmering State is a graceful meditation on the power of story and its creation. It masterfully explores memory and how it can elude us, trap us, or set us free.
Thanks to @netgalley for the advance copy.
I hate DNF’ing a book and rarely do it. BUT life is too short to force yourself to read a book that doesn’t engage you!!
I gave this one ⭐️⭐️ because the writing was stunning.
DESCRIPTION:
Lucien moves to Los Angeles to be with his grandmother as she undergoes an experimental memory treatment for Alzheimer’s using the new drug, Memoroxin. An emerging photographer, he’s also running from the sudden death of his mother, a well-known artist whose legacy haunts Lucien.
Sophie has just landed the lead in the upcoming performance of La Sylphide with the Los Angeles Ballet Company. She still waitresses at the Chateau Marmont during her off hours, witnessing the recreational use of Memoroxin—or Mem—among the Hollywood elite.
When Lucien and Sophie meet at The Center, founded by the ambitious yet conflicted Dr. Angelica Sloane to treat patients who’ve abused Mem, they have no memory of how they got there—or why they feel so inexplicably drawn to each other. Is it attraction, or something they cannot remember from “before”?
Set in a city that seems to have no identity of its own, The Shimmering State is a graceful meditation on the power of story and its creation. It masterfully explores memory and how it can elude us, trap us, or set us free.
Thanks to @netgalley for the advance copy.