Monday, February 27, 2017

THE THINGS WE KEEP

Author:  Sally Hepworth
Genre:  Fiction, Standalone
Published:  2016
Personal Rating:  2/5 (not enjoyable)
Format/Narrator:  Audiobook/Plummer & Kreinik
Yearly Count:  10


Anna enters a residential housing situation due to her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's.

This was not an enjoyable audioread.  I didn't care for either of the storylines, which was pretty much all negative.  And, on occasion, I was confused as to the timeframe.  Blah.  

Thoughts of Joy
    

4 comments:

  1. I liked this one a little better than you, but not by much! This is what I wrote on my blog:

    Well, that's what I get for not reviewing a book as soon as I finish reading it! Until I read the publisher's blurb, I had zero recollection of either the plot or the characters. The Things We Keep was certainly not as good (or as memorable) as Still Alice, which is also about a character with early onset Alzheimer's. The Things We Keep is told from three points of view, one of which felt contrived and predictable. I feel that Hepworth only scratched the surface of what could have been a very good examination of dementia/Alzheimer's. Ultimately, The Things We Keep left me wanting more substance and less fluff.

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    1. Les ~ Sounds like we were pretty much on the same page. Ugh.

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  2. Sorry this didn't work for you.

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