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The Memory Book by Lara Avery
Sep. 3rd, 2017 10:55 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Sam McCoy is 17.
Sam McCoy was going to be someone – and then she became ill.
Now, she must figure out who she is …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lara Avery’s YA contemporary “sick fic” novel is a slick read with a good first person voice but I never connected with Sam and had difficulty believing in her reaction to her disease while the inevitable YA love triangle is both heavily telegraphed and has an icky vibe given the symptoms of NPC and I also didn’t like the sentiment that Sam’s ambition had made her selfish and was in some way a bad thing.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Sam McCoy was going to be someone – and then she became ill.
Now, she must figure out who she is …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lara Avery’s YA contemporary “sick fic” novel is a slick read with a good first person voice but I never connected with Sam and had difficulty believing in her reaction to her disease while the inevitable YA love triangle is both heavily telegraphed and has an icky vibe given the symptoms of NPC and I also didn’t like the sentiment that Sam’s ambition had made her selfish and was in some way a bad thing.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
