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queenofthefaebaes 's review for:
The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
I've been following Lauren's book for months now and snagged it the day it came out.
Before I get into the book though I want to be a little spoilerish because I have to talk about what made me cry.
In the book, Etta's mom is unconcious and when Etta looks at her mom's thoughts, she cant remember anything but this garden.
When Lauren was younger, her mother had to had heart surgery, and on the way into surgery her mom had several strokes. They told Lauren she may not remember her.
The fact that Lauren took something that happened to her, and created this world, and made it beautiful, is absolutely amazing to me.
She took this terrible moment she faced (Her mother did get better and remember her) and put her raw emotions into a book.
That I think, is the peak of writing for an author, being able to take emotions, fears, dreams, that anyone can relate to or experience, and put them into a book, and make it a wonderful story, is just spectacular.
Now onto the book, I absolutely adored the world. The way the powers worked and the way the system was set up was on point. I find Craewick to be fascinating, and would love to know more lore on it.
There were so many twists and turns and loops, and I enjoyed them all. Because honestly, if you lived in a society where memories could be so easily twisted, you would be so unsure and confused about so many things, that there would be a suprise pretty often.
I also love the focus on redemption, the characters in this novel learn and grow and make amazing changes.
I see a lot of reviews complaining about the shortness and ending to soon or too perfect, but this is a stand alone (Im pretty sure) so it makes sense for the pacing and happy ending, the story has been told. I think we are just so used to Trilogies we dont know what to do with stand alones.
The ending left you with such a bright hope for the future, and you know the changes are going to make life for everyone so much better. Its a very fulfilling ending.
Before I get into the book though I want to be a little spoilerish because I have to talk about what made me cry.
In the book, Etta's mom is unconcious and when Etta looks at her mom's thoughts, she cant remember anything but this garden.
When Lauren was younger, her mother had to had heart surgery, and on the way into surgery her mom had several strokes. They told Lauren she may not remember her.
The fact that Lauren took something that happened to her, and created this world, and made it beautiful, is absolutely amazing to me.
She took this terrible moment she faced (Her mother did get better and remember her) and put her raw emotions into a book.
That I think, is the peak of writing for an author, being able to take emotions, fears, dreams, that anyone can relate to or experience, and put them into a book, and make it a wonderful story, is just spectacular.
Now onto the book, I absolutely adored the world. The way the powers worked and the way the system was set up was on point. I find Craewick to be fascinating, and would love to know more lore on it.
There were so many twists and turns and loops, and I enjoyed them all. Because honestly, if you lived in a society where memories could be so easily twisted, you would be so unsure and confused about so many things, that there would be a suprise pretty often.
I also love the focus on redemption, the characters in this novel learn and grow and make amazing changes.
I see a lot of reviews complaining about the shortness and ending to soon or too perfect, but this is a stand alone (Im pretty sure) so it makes sense for the pacing and happy ending, the story has been told. I think we are just so used to Trilogies we dont know what to do with stand alones.
The ending left you with such a bright hope for the future, and you know the changes are going to make life for everyone so much better. Its a very fulfilling ending.