Lies My Memory Told Me - Hardcover

Wunsch, Sacha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1335018271 ISBN 13: 9781335018274

Publisher: Inkyard Press, 2021

Synopsis

From the thrilling voice of Sacha Wunsch comes a heart-stopping psychological mystery in a world where memories can be shared—and one girl can’t trust any of them.

Enhanced Memory changed everything. By sharing someone else’s memory, you can experience anything and everything with no risk at all: learn any skill instantly, travel the world from home, and safeguard all your most treasured secrets forever. Nova’s parents invented this technology, and it’s slowly taking over their lives. Nova doesn’t mind—mostly. She knows Enhanced Memory is a gift.

But Kade says Nova doesn’t know the costs of this technology that’s taken the world by storm. Kade runs a secret vlog cataloging real experiences, is always on the move, and is strangely afraid of Nova—even though she feels more comfortable with him than she ever has with anyone. Suddenly there are things Nova can’t stop noticing: the way her parents don’t meet her eyes anymore, the questions no one wants her to ask, and the relentless feeling that there’s something she’s forgotten…

About this title

About the Author

Sacha Wunsch grew up dividing her time between the family farm in Canada and traveling to numerous fictional worlds. She was a bookseller before discovering her love of writing mind-twisty novels - which has proved an excellent job since she gets to blame all the TV she watches on her love of storytelling. She now splits her time between the city and the lake, and still travels to made-up worlds as often as she can.  Sacha can be found online at sachawunsch.com.

Reviews

Gr 6-8-Nova may not understand how Enhanced Memory works, but she knows its value-with the push of a button, she can experience the world without traveling or even having to talk to a stranger. She can master new skills in minutes. And it is all perfectly safe; her parents invented it after all. Nova has no doubts about Enhanced Memory until she meets Kade, who first mistakes Nova for someone else. Nova blows off his outlandish conspiracy theories, until she starts to realize that pieces of her own life don't add up. But if she isn't Nova, who is she? Wunsch begins the book by building increasing tension and asking probing questions that promise a fantastic exploration into what makes a person themselves. However, the narrative spirals when answers become predictable, a grand rescue feels much too easy, and suddenly all is well again without nearly enough closure or explanation. While Nova's initial, frustrating, devout defense of Enhanced Memory makes sense by the end, the story's ending diminishes the stakes that felt so high halfway through. All characters present white. VERDICT A decent dystopian thriller for young readers just getting started with the genre, not quite ready for more nuanced worlds like Neal Shusterman's Unwind.-Annamarie Carlson, Westerville P.L., OHα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inkyard Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1335018271
• ISBN 13: 9781335018274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320