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The Sudden Appearance of Hope
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3.5 stars
I was completely fascinated with the concept of this book about a young woman who can not be remembered. People meet her and forget her within seconds of her walking away. This obviously makes life extremely difficult and she has to resort to all kinds of illegal behavior just to survive. It asks all kinds of identity questions like who are you if no one remembers you, are you real?
I didn't love this as much as I had hoped to. I found it to drag and be repetitive. I felt like everything was held at arms length and I couldn't really get invested. At about 53%, on the advice of a friend, I switched to the audio. I enjoyed the second half MUCH more. The narrator was able to capture the feelings of isolation and frustration and not caring that I just wasn't really feeling in print. I really wish I had gone with the audio from the beginning but I'm glad I switched and finished the book.
I was completely fascinated with the concept of this book about a young woman who can not be remembered. People meet her and forget her within seconds of her walking away. This obviously makes life extremely difficult and she has to resort to all kinds of illegal behavior just to survive. It asks all kinds of identity questions like who are you if no one remembers you, are you real?
I didn't love this as much as I had hoped to. I found it to drag and be repetitive. I felt like everything was held at arms length and I couldn't really get invested. At about 53%, on the advice of a friend, I switched to the audio. I enjoyed the second half MUCH more. The narrator was able to capture the feelings of isolation and frustration and not caring that I just wasn't really feeling in print. I really wish I had gone with the audio from the beginning but I'm glad I switched and finished the book.
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Sep 20, 2016 09:02AM
Nice review Amanda, captures some of the same feelings I had. I think the writer is talented but ultimately I was disappointed by this one.
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Wow. Interesting note about the audio option. I never listen to books but might make an exception here
Interesting comment about the audio version. I was the opposite to you - I listened to about the first two-thirds of the book on the audio version (mainly because I was waiting for the paper version from the library), and was very glad to switch to the paper when I got it! But I'm not really an audiobook person - too impatient, I can read much faster than I can listen lol - so maybe that's why.
Repetitive is the keyword here. Virtually every page she meets someone, and she explains again and again and again for each one that they do not remember her. And, they take notes, recordings and pictures that they apparently, but not consistently forget as well.
The audio is the only thing getting me through it!
