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The Memory Book
by Lara Avery
Yes, yes, yes...I LOOK 47 and ACT 47, but really I believe I'm 17. So I gave the book 4 stars. Even if my grown up mind knew it was predictable, my 17 year old heart gave in to the story.
VOYA gave it a 2016 Perfect 10. Talking about all award winners, a wise friend told me, "Knowing why it's a winner isn't apparent until you reach the last page." This is applicable here.
Sammie has a terminal disease and is losing her memory, so she records everything on her laptop as a means of reading back to remember. We walk through her senior year into the season of what would have been her freshman year in college, all the while watching her memory slip away. Her friends and family all have their own ways of dealing with Sammie as she deteriorates. Personally, I could relate to the parents. I don't even want to think about something like this happening to my own children.
***Spoiler***The boys in the story: I liked them. Although I never dated a "Stuart" I definitely had "Cooper" friends. I thought Cooper was extremely believable. Stuart - not as much. He had me until the end. The maturity shown in one of the last conflicts was admirable, but not so believable for me. This was what prevented me from giving the book 5 stars.
VOYA gave it a 2016 Perfect 10. Talking about all award winners, a wise friend told me, "Knowing why it's a winner isn't apparent until you reach the last page." This is applicable here.
Sammie has a terminal disease and is losing her memory, so she records everything on her laptop as a means of reading back to remember. We walk through her senior year into the season of what would have been her freshman year in college, all the while watching her memory slip away. Her friends and family all have their own ways of dealing with Sammie as she deteriorates. Personally, I could relate to the parents. I don't even want to think about something like this happening to my own children.
***Spoiler***The boys in the story: I liked them. Although I never dated a "Stuart" I definitely had "Cooper" friends. I thought Cooper was extremely believable. Stuart - not as much. He had me until the end. The maturity shown in one of the last conflicts was admirable, but not so believable for me. This was what prevented me from giving the book 5 stars.