Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards (401 pg)

The pacing is a little on the slow side until the last 1/3 of the book and small cliches keep on showing up, which is vaguely annoying. However -- and this is a very big however -- the author's insight into human nature is amazing. And by "human nature" I mean not the study of a tragic hero or a criminal mind, but of average people like you and me. The author has a good grasp of what makes people lie, what makes people cry, and how each decision has an effect that ripples not only into the future but into the past too, via memories. It hurts to read sometimes, and although this is not necessarily a book I'll buy and keep (not my type), I'd recommend others to read it at least once.




Hey look, I finished a book in the middle of a school year. Yay!