Hi friends! Happy Thursday; hopefully you’re all having a good week! It’s continuing to snow here, snow flurries, and it’s very chilly. I’m currently wearing a big fuzzy, turtle neck sweater to stay warm.
Today I’m going to be posting my review of Gae Polisner’s novel The Memory of Things.

The Memory of Things by: Gae Polisner: What started out as a normal Tuesday in September turns horribly, horribly wrong in a matter of minutes and Kyle’s world has been turned upside down. On his way home he finds a girl who can’t remember a single thing before the tragic events of the morning; his father is cop who is working the scene; his mother and sister are stuck halfway across the country; left on his own with his handicapped uncle and a girl who no name he must hold it together. This novel was about, namely 9/11 but also about survival and loss and coping. This was a fast-paced novel that kept the reader invested and engaged. The plot left the reader unsure where it was going to go because Polisner kept one of the main characters such a secret for so long. It was a relief to the reader that it wasn’t a huge plot twist to find out who she was, in fact it was subtle enough that it just gave her character more depth. This novel was really character driven given the fact that plot-wise it revolved around 9/11 but it wasn’t a huge plot arc, it was a huge character arc. Where the characters started and where they ended, both main and secondary characters, were in such different places, but it was all for the better. Polisner’s characters were all so developed and well crafted; even her secondary characters had this depth to them that made the reader invested. This was a quick, captivating read that the reader found easy to fall into.