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Find Me by Alafair Burke

April 1, 2024 by Zirza Leave a Comment

I finished this book yesterday and I’ve forgotten what this was about already. Oh, sorry, you need more from a review?  I guess it was okay.  Really, guys, I’m not sure what else to tell you. It wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t super interesting, and it was forgettable.  Alright. Fine.  It’s about a girl named Hope. A decade or so ago, Hope was in a car crash, driving a stolen vehicle. She had no idea and woke up in the hospital with complete memory loss and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Alafair Burke, Ellie Hatcher, Find Me, Memory loss, new york

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Alafair Burke, Ellie Hatcher, Find Me, Memory loss, new york ·
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Lost in Thought

April 11, 2015 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Before reading this novel, I saw two very different reviews of it. One, in Salon, favorably compared Find Me to Station Eleven and The Handmaid’s Tale. The other, from NPR, found it to be lacking and unworthy of such comparison. My opinion is that while the first half of the story does make it seem as if the novel has the potential to rank up there with esteemed dystopian fiction, the second half disappoints. Laura van den Berg is a seasoned and well regarded writer of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, dystopian fiction, ElCicco, Fiction, Find Me, Laura van den Berg

ElCicco's CBR7 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, dystopian fiction, ElCicco, Fiction, Find Me, Laura van den Berg ·
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