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A review by sunshine169
The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy
2.0
In the Memory Thief, seventeen year old Etta Lark lives in a world where memory rules. There are the Gifted who can take memories, the Ungifted who can receive memories but cannot take from others, and Sifters who can take memories just by looking at you. Memories are basically currency to be traded, auctioned off, and used to destroy people. The story opens with an auction. There are when "criminals" have their memories auctioned off and then are killed. When Etta's mother is set for the auction block she jumps into action to save her mom and rid Craewick from the evil Madame and her Minders (Memory Thieves).
I was super hyped when I received an e-arc of this book. The cover is beautiful and the premise sounded amazing. However, it fell flat for me. It started off great but snuffed out by the middle. I think what ultimately did it was how nothing is really explained and everything is rushed. There is hardly any world building. It is a character driven novel which would be fine if the characters had depth.
There are two things that sticks out glaringly in my humble opinion that I just cannot wrap my head around.
1. When Etta and Reid reach Aravid to steal the map from Porter. Porter is said to be this master manipulator. He can give you memories that you think is reality when they are not. However, our heroine comes to trust him and the big plot twist soooo easily. I don't know I am not really buying it.
2. The anticlimactic end that all basically happens off page.
I would still recommend the book but for the younger side of the teen age range. The writing was very simplistic and the plot overly convenient.
Thank you to Netgalley and Blink Press for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I was super hyped when I received an e-arc of this book. The cover is beautiful and the premise sounded amazing. However, it fell flat for me. It started off great but snuffed out by the middle. I think what ultimately did it was how nothing is really explained and everything is rushed. There is hardly any world building. It is a character driven novel which would be fine if the characters had depth.
There are two things that sticks out glaringly in my humble opinion that I just cannot wrap my head around.
Spoiler
1. When Etta and Reid reach Aravid to steal the map from Porter. Porter is said to be this master manipulator. He can give you memories that you think is reality when they are not. However, our heroine comes to trust him and the big plot twist soooo easily. I don't know I am not really buying it.
2. The anticlimactic end that all basically happens off page.
I would still recommend the book but for the younger side of the teen age range. The writing was very simplistic and the plot overly convenient.
Thank you to Netgalley and Blink Press for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.