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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2
Book 24/30
This one was a long time coming. I've owned it for years, and recommended it to a handful of friends, most of whom were confused why I was recommending a book to them I hadn't read, but I know about books even if I haven't read them! And they liked it! So!
This is the second book of two that I had on my TBR that was about a woman getting a head injury and losing the memory of years of her life. I didn't like the first one I read very much (Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella), but this was one was pretty great. It's been two months, so the details are mostly eluding me right now, but I remember that the main character's arc was really satisfying, and I liked looking at her relationships from this angle, where she only remembers ten years ago in the past, and not everything that has happened in the ten years since. This also has the handy effect of Alice getting some unique perspective on her own life, like a really traumatic version of therapy.
I was a bit puzzled by the way Moriarty structured the ending (), but it didn't affect how I felt about the rest of the book. This wasn't my favorite of Moriarty's books (that would be Apples Never Fall), but it was well worth the read.
Book 24/30
This one was a long time coming. I've owned it for years, and recommended it to a handful of friends, most of whom were confused why I was recommending a book to them I hadn't read, but I know about books even if I haven't read them! And they liked it! So!
This is the second book of two that I had on my TBR that was about a woman getting a head injury and losing the memory of years of her life. I didn't like the first one I read very much (Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella), but this was one was pretty great. It's been two months, so the details are mostly eluding me right now, but I remember that the main character's arc was really satisfying, and I liked looking at her relationships from this angle, where she only remembers ten years ago in the past, and not everything that has happened in the ten years since. This also has the handy effect of Alice getting some unique perspective on her own life, like a really traumatic version of therapy.
I was a bit puzzled by the way Moriarty structured the ending (
Spoiler
what was with the fake-out of making us think she wasn't going to get back together with Nick?
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought the premise was interesting. Unfortunately, the use of multiple narrators was clunky & was mostly unnecessary. The epilogue ruined the rest of the story for me.
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I fell so deeply in love with this book! I finished a few days ago and have already recommended it to a few people, and that's unusual for me because I don't normally gush about books in real life, just here on Goodreads. I don't know if it's the stage of life I'm in right now or the way the story unraveled the way it did or the beautiful writing, but this one just resonated with me. Gush, gush, gush to the nth power! I only wish I had purchased this one rather than borrowed it from the library!
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes