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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
I had no idea where this story was headed, what with unexpected twists and reveals all throughout. A surprising new favorite story :)
I was really excited to start Remember, because the brain and memory are fascinating to me. I however did not really appreciate the execution of Remember.
The concept of softening your memories so you retain them but they don't hurt you anymore. It's both scary and something I can imagine in the treatment of PTSS patients. So I was a bit disappointed that while it's a factor in the story, there's not really an explanation for how they found this and how it all works and everything that I was wondering about. So that was a bit of a let down.
I didn't much care for Harper, she was an ok main character, but I was just not connecting with her. I never really got a good feel of her personality and she was both taking action and being a damsel in distress and I just wasn't really feeling it. And I get that she needed a reason to get the treatment, but I didn't like that she would rather not feel anything about the horse who'd her best friend for years than work through the grief. I appreciated that she was this devastated by the loss of an animal who'd been close to her since she'd been a child, but it felt a bit like a lack of character to go ahead with the procedure.
I also wasn't feeling the romance, I mean, I didn't get why they liked each other and there's some telling instead of showing me they developed a relationship, they'd apparantly met for coffee multiple times off-page. I mean, I get that they could be attracted to each other, but there was an I love you straight out of nowhere and I was like WTF??? I didn't get why they would risk all of what they did for each other.
I did like the whole intrigue with Harper's parents, that was interesting, but all of it feels a bit unresolved. I mean, Harper finds out what's been going on, but they don't really do anything about it except for that and her dad just seems awful and UGH! I felt that in the end the only thing that was resolved was Harper getting together with the new guy and everything else was still blah.
All in, I thought this was an interesting concept, but the execution failed to impress me.
My rating: 1,5 stars
The concept of softening your memories so you retain them but they don't hurt you anymore. It's both scary and something I can imagine in the treatment of PTSS patients. So I was a bit disappointed that while it's a factor in the story, there's not really an explanation for how they found this and how it all works and everything that I was wondering about. So that was a bit of a let down.
I didn't much care for Harper, she was an ok main character, but I was just not connecting with her. I never really got a good feel of her personality and she was both taking action and being a damsel in distress and I just wasn't really feeling it. And I get that she needed a reason to get the treatment, but I didn't like that she would rather not feel anything about the horse who'd her best friend for years than work through the grief. I appreciated that she was this devastated by the loss of an animal who'd been close to her since she'd been a child, but it felt a bit like a lack of character to go ahead with the procedure.
I also wasn't feeling the romance, I mean, I didn't get why they liked each other and there's some telling instead of showing me they developed a relationship, they'd apparantly met for coffee multiple times off-page. I mean, I get that they could be attracted to each other, but there was an I love you straight out of nowhere and I was like WTF??? I didn't get why they would risk all of what they did for each other.
I did like the whole intrigue with Harper's parents, that was interesting, but all of it feels a bit unresolved. I mean, Harper finds out what's been going on, but they don't really do anything about it except for that and her dad just seems awful and UGH! I felt that in the end the only thing that was resolved was Harper getting together with the new guy and everything else was still blah.
All in, I thought this was an interesting concept, but the execution failed to impress me.
My rating: 1,5 stars
When I saw Remember by Eileen Cook up on Edelweiss I thought it sounded very interesting. I love novels relating to memory loss or the ability to lessen the impact of certain memories – and could have done with the Memtex treatment myself in 2013 when we lost our dog, Scruffy. That would have made those months after his death so much easier to bear, although I can’t say I’m a fan of the potential side effects. So I could completely understand why Harper was willing to go and have the Memtex treatment after the death of her beloved horse, Harry. But it opens up a massive can of worms as Harper finds herself having memories she isn’t sure are real or false, of a woman she’s sure she knows.
I have to confess that I was actually disappointed in Remember. It wasn’t what I was expected and, at times, it seemed as if the plot was just too ridiculous to really be true. A lot happens at the end of the novel, a lot of secrets come out and truths are revealed, and it all seemed excessive to me. I suppose I just didn’t understand the motivations behind what happens at the end of the book. I would never have expected Harper to be treated the way she was treated, it was all a bit too ghoulish to be true, coming from the person it came from. And I’m sure that makes zero sense if you haven’t read the book, but hopefully if you have you can see where I’m coming from.In my world, Dad’s don’t act like that to their daughters, and I just felt Harper’s dad came across as a very mean supervillian which from everything we knew of him thus far didn’t really ring true. Yes, he was analytical and a bit emotionless, but to threaten to wipe his own daughter’s memory and pass it off as her being crazy?!?!
It wasn’t a bad book, and I did sort of like the whole conspiracy thing regarding Memtex and whether or not Neil was telling the truth about his brother, and whether Memtex did actually cause side effects etc, I just felt more could have been done with the plot. Neil was by far my favourite character, but even he tended to go off on some weird conspiracy theories that baffled me. I can never 100% trust people who think they’re being followed and don’t own a mobile phone. For me, they’re the ones who are a bit cracked, but other than that he was lovely. I wanted Remember to blow me away, but it didn’t really do that for me and I finished it feeling a little bit let down.
I have to confess that I was actually disappointed in Remember. It wasn’t what I was expected and, at times, it seemed as if the plot was just too ridiculous to really be true. A lot happens at the end of the novel, a lot of secrets come out and truths are revealed, and it all seemed excessive to me. I suppose I just didn’t understand the motivations behind what happens at the end of the book. I would never have expected Harper to be treated the way she was treated, it was all a bit too ghoulish to be true, coming from the person it came from. And I’m sure that makes zero sense if you haven’t read the book, but hopefully if you have you can see where I’m coming from.
It wasn’t a bad book, and I did sort of like the whole conspiracy thing regarding Memtex and whether or not Neil was telling the truth about his brother, and whether Memtex did actually cause side effects etc, I just felt more could have been done with the plot. Neil was by far my favourite character, but even he tended to go off on some weird conspiracy theories that baffled me. I can never 100% trust people who think they’re being followed and don’t own a mobile phone. For me, they’re the ones who are a bit cracked, but other than that he was lovely. I wanted Remember to blow me away, but it didn’t really do that for me and I finished it feeling a little bit let down.
