I'm not sure I'm gonna write a review for this one. I still have to write one for the previous book ooops...I'm not sure I'm gonna write a review for this one. I still have to write one for the previous book ooops......more
I received an unfinished e-copy via the NetGalley and Blue Moon Publishers in exchange forReview was originally published on
I received an unfinished e-copy via the NetGalley and Blue Moon Publishers in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
It was one of those reads who appealed to me as soon as saw the cover. Yes, I know. I’m shameless. Both the cover and the synopsis seemed intriguing that’s why I decided to give it a try.
So, Paramnesia is about this ordinary girl, Nora Roberts who one day finds the love of her life. Andrew is a handsome, magnificent, cool and very caring boyfriend. Everything is awesome until the tragic car accident where all Nora’s dreams for a happy life die along with her dream boyfriend.
His tragic death wasn’t a coincidence of circumstances but a well-executed murder by a creature called Revenant. Nevertheless, this supernatural creature that sucks souls to feed and gain powers didn’t manage to kill Nora. It gave her a small scar and the ability to see the ghost of her deceased boyfriend.
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I can’t deny that the plot with the ghost and the Revenant appealed to me. It is quite an original idea. I can’t also say that this was a terrible read. It was� good.
In the first place, the third person narrative gave me the depth, the feelings and the thoughts of all the characters and not only Nora’s, the main protagonist. In the same fashion, I enjoyed the world building with the ghost and the creation of the “Deadish Society�. There were a lot of cute moments especially with a ghost named Peepers who was in constant search of his love Adelaide. There were a lot of heart-breaking moments between Nora and Andrew as a ghost, with their discussions about the life they won’t be able to enjoy together.
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Another one moment, which I really appreciate, was the humor the author utilized even in the morbid situations such as in this story. I caught myself laughing multiple times. I mean how could I laugh when the greatest amount of characters was dead and deprived of experiencing normal things such as eating, touching, smelling…living!?!? Well done Wilkinson!
Moving on, throughout the story I was wondering why Revenant didn’t send chills down my spine. She was a supernatural-monster-souls-eater and I was feeling sorry for her. What??
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Well, I’m glad to say that I found out the reason.
On the other hand, there are some aspects in the story that bothered and some other that frustrated me. Firstly, the insta love that the author presented at the beginning. I won’t stay long here because it depends on readers� preferences but it seemed fake to me. I just can’t accept that someone can fall for someone without knowing the person. At all. I mean they just looked at each other and then boom! I surely can accept that there was a mutual attraction but not love! Come on!
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Furthermore, I strongly disapprove the fact that Nora’s body was constantly compared to her best friend’s, Vee. While I was reading I had the impression that the story was shouting to me:
� Look how you have to be in order to be loved.
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Everyone is unique. Everyone has a unique beauty. There’s a need to be yourself and not a copy of someone else.
Young girls are already bombarded by the media with a “perfect� image so please let the books provide them with the right messages.
Finally, Nora’s brother Tom described his date as “Big Boobs Casey�.
What? No. Just. NO.
Please erase all those misogynistic ideas. It is not a story about the appearance. It is a story about life and death. It is a story of letting things go. It is about people who are in darkness; nonetheless there is light inside them.
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I would recommend the book provided that, the publishers and the author will take under consideration all the remarks on the flaws that the reviewers made, and improve them in the final version of the book....more
Δεν τρελάθηκα. Βαρέθηκα κάποια στιγμή. Μετρούσα μια μια τις σελίδες να τελειώσει. Το τελος με άφησε παγερά αδιάφορη. Είχα την αίσθηση πως η ίδια η συγΔεν τρελάθηκα. Βαρέθηκα κάποια στιγμή. Μετρούσα μια μια τις σελίδες να τελειώσει. Το τελος με άφησε παγερά αδιάφορη. Είχα την αίσθηση πως η ίδια η συγγραφέας είχε βαρεθεί και δεν έβλεπε την ώρα να τελειώσει. Έχω διαβάσει πολύ καλύτερα σε αυτό το είδος. Δεν νομίζω να συνεχίσω....more
1.5 stars cause 2 stars are too much for this nonsense.
Seriously? Seriously? Seriously? This supposed to be a plot twist? I was optimistic about the s1.5 stars cause 2 stars are too much for this nonsense.
Seriously? Seriously? Seriously? This supposed to be a plot twist? I was optimistic about the second book in the series since the first half of the story was, let's say, a desent one. But then Todd had to ruin everything just to continue the story-line and fill the papers with words. Unfortunately, I forgot the most interesting moments by the time I've finished it. I have to thank my buddy reads Mareira, Maria Vrisanaki and Athina who gave me the courage to finish this shitty second book....more
What if we had to live in an alternative universe? What if this universe would be the sReview was originally published on my blog
What if we had to live in an alternative universe? What if this universe would be the same but not exactly equivalent to ours? What if it would be illegal to feel anything? What if love would be considered as a mortal sin? What if we had to spend almost all our lives not as human beings but something in between, since everything that breathes into us humanity would not exist at all? What if�? What if�?
Is it even possible to be deprived of all the emotions? Well, according to Lauren Oliver is it and she describes this effectively in her book. Oliver has conceived this idea, a world without love or any kind of emotions, to give us the chance to feel and to picture ourselves in this dystopian world. She envisions an alternative universe without dreams, without goals due to the absence of the most powerful weapon of the human’s race. Love.
It was extremely interesting and at the same time intimidating to read and to picture this system. The author’s writing style is one the most powerful tools, as it facilitates the readers to imagine and to be an inseparable part of the “amor deliria nervosa� world. Her descriptions are so realistic and so stunning that the story absorbs completely the mind and the emotions of the audience, making it impossible to put this book down.
One point that I cannot overlook, is the beginning of each chapter. Oliver gives us some history about the world that she brings into life through some made-up historical, religious facts. Those facts add to the story some reasoning and comprehension, as they make it more easy to understand all the struggle of our main characters to feel what they try, so desperately, to suppress.
Personally, the most dreadful moment that made me conceive the author’s massage wholly, was the parents� behaviour towards their children. To put it differently, they were cold and apathetic like robots or even worse. This moment send chills through all my body for the frightful and unbearable thought, that maybe the world that Oliver describes, is not as imaginary as it may seem.
There are many aspects in the real life, which can be compared to the Lauren’s fictional world. Indeed, there are so many people who prefer to live on the autopilot in order to avoid not only love but also the change in their everyday lives. Unfortunately, for many people an ordinary life without a purpose or even the absence of the willing to have a purpose, is more preferable and an easy one to live in. The resistance to change and the indifference towards our fellow humans suggest a world, where the inhabitants prefer to stay in their comfort zones and pretend that this is the way things work in the world, and we are not able to change them. Yet, we are the ones who have the power to change every injustice.
In the final analysis, this story is not only about the absence of love. It is a story about the importance of friendship, family and hope in dark times. It is a journey of each one of us, from the fear to feel to the perception of the human essence to be able to experience love, happiness, pain and sadness at their greatest point. It teaches us to embrace the difference and to fight for being able to choose our life and our fate, a right which belongs to us since time immemorial....more
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