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A review by nurbasyirah
Girl in the Mirror by Cecelia Ahern
4.0
It's a thin book, with only 89 pages, so I thought Heyyy I think this should take me just about a few hours to finish it but I was sadly mistaken. Anyhow, this book's brilliantly written. There are two short stories in it, and both don't really make sense, but they don't have to.
The first story, Girl in the Mirror, is what I'd like to call a horror story. A story about Lila who had lived 28 years without ever asking her grandmother why did she cover up all of her mirrors with black sheets, when it should be something curious, since her grandmother didn't even have eyes. Then on her wedding day, she finally found out why, but it was too late. Such an unfortunate thing, out of many other days, she just had to look at the mirror on her wedding day. This story's a bit creepy, I had goosebumps when I read it and it was 1am!
The second story, The Memory Maker, was about an old man who invented a machine that could create new memories. But it's not really about creating new memories, but changing your memories, instead of deleting them. He had been grieving ever since his girlfriend, Judith, died, and he had only one regret. At the end of the story, he finally understood what he needed to do and he did it. The way this story's written reminds me of Murakami books. Not exactly the same, but I get the vibe.
The first story, Girl in the Mirror, is what I'd like to call a horror story. A story about Lila who had lived 28 years without ever asking her grandmother why did she cover up all of her mirrors with black sheets, when it should be something curious, since her grandmother didn't even have eyes. Then on her wedding day, she finally found out why, but it was too late. Such an unfortunate thing, out of many other days, she just had to look at the mirror on her wedding day. This story's a bit creepy, I had goosebumps when I read it and it was 1am!
The second story, The Memory Maker, was about an old man who invented a machine that could create new memories. But it's not really about creating new memories, but changing your memories, instead of deleting them. He had been grieving ever since his girlfriend, Judith, died, and he had only one regret. At the end of the story, he finally understood what he needed to do and he did it. The way this story's written reminds me of Murakami books. Not exactly the same, but I get the vibe.