The Memory Thief is built around a fascinating concept, memories as currency, which of course means as power and corruption and all that goes along with it. The Gifted have the ability to give and take memories, the Ungifted are used as sources for these memories; talents and skills and happy memories are sold to the highest bidder. But bad memories are also wanted and used. There are many other factions here as well, Shadows, Ghosts, Hunters, Tribes and they each seem fascinating in their own right, for what little is explained of each. The pacing of this book was off a bit for my liking, it seemed to be selected chapters from a much longer novel crammed together to make plot twist after plot twist and narrative snippets tie in together at a pace that just wasn’t fulfilling. The connections between the characters were not believable or well sketched out. Great idea – not so great in the execution. 2 Stars.
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