Reviews

Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta

venla_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Järjettömän taitavasti ja kauniisti kirjoitettu. Juonellisesti vähän turhan hidas omaan makuun, ja kun viimein alkaa tapahtua, kirja loppuukin kesken.

Itäranta maalaa hyytävän dystopian, joka kuitenkin on jo ihan realistinen oven takana kolkuttava tulevaisuuden kuva. Ahdistaa ihan valtavasti meidän luonnon ja planeetan tila ja se, miten pieni osa ihmisistä ottaa ilmastokriisin ja luontokadon vakavasti.

cloudberry4u's review against another edition

The writing is poor, the characters are flat, and the plot kinda makes no sense. Just sucked.

book_voyager's review against another edition

4.0

Olen ehkä vältellyt tämän kirjan lukemista turhaan, niin positiivinen yllätys se oli! 

Taitavasti rakennettu maailma ja juonessa hienoa utuisuutta.
Hahmot jäävät hitusen pinnallisiksi.

cepasma's review against another edition

3.0

i liked the ending a lot but jesus christ the first 2/3 of this book. boring asf

skynet666's review

3.0

I got this off the library shelf because I liked the title.....later I realized that I read a book with the same title "The Memory of Water". The story is good and I enjoyed it more as I further into the story, but I felt like things tapered off near the end, which left me a bit disappointed.

martinlibrarian's review against another edition

4.0

Jösses vilken språkligt fulländad bok. Tempot är lugnt, ibland nästan sävligt, men under ytan vibrerar den här berättelsen med en sällsam kraft och styrka. Jag förstår verkligen hypen kring den här boken.

candyms's review

reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

elisavlahopoulou's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

eveaada's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

thinkspink's review against another edition

3.0

In the "past-world", books couldn't use the same old tropes to scene set, I really didn't like the start - it seemed like a melange of every YA post-apocalyptic novel from the ast few years. But stick with it, as the book ditches a lot of that to focus on the tea ceremonies, and more interesting themes of grief and betrayal. I ended up liking it.