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The Forgotten Girl by Rio Youers
4.0
The Forgotten Girl by Rio Youers is about Harvey Anderson, a street performer who enjoys his peaceful life, but everything is turned upside down when he is abducted and beaten by a group of thugs who have spent nine years searching for Harvey's girlfriend, Sally. There's only one problem: Sally is gone and Harvey has no memory of her. His girlfriend has the unique ability to selectively erase a person's memories, and finding the forgotten girl comes at quite a cost?
This book was a fast, jam packed, supernatural thriller which I couldn’t put down. The plot, characters and insane ending perfectly come together to bring an unimaginable novel.
I was lucky to be able to take part in the author Q&A. After reading the first couple of chapters I was very curious about the inspiration behind the book.
Q.When reading it is very apparent the deep connections between the characters, in particular I found the father and son relationship strangely endearing. When writing them, where or whom did you draw your inspiration from?
A.I was charmed by the idea of presenting two very different characters, who throughout the narrative come to understand they have many things in common. Harvey Anderson—our hero—is an everyman. He could be your brother, your cousin, your best pal. He’s someone you know. His father, on the other hand, is eccentric and mostly unapproachable. Bringing these two together, and having them discover their common ground—chiefly the unassailable, but unspoken, love they have for one another—was a challenge, but one I relished.
I’m not sure what, if anything, inspired this relationship. Sometimes characters just weave themselves from the yarn of your imagination. They breathe, almost perfectly formed, onto the page. The relationships they form are equally natural. It doesn’t always work out this way, but when it does, it’s like magic.
Huge thanks to Titan Books for sending me a copy which I highly recommend and to Rio Youers for taking the time to give some insight into the creation of this novel.
This book was a fast, jam packed, supernatural thriller which I couldn’t put down. The plot, characters and insane ending perfectly come together to bring an unimaginable novel.
I was lucky to be able to take part in the author Q&A. After reading the first couple of chapters I was very curious about the inspiration behind the book.
Q.When reading it is very apparent the deep connections between the characters, in particular I found the father and son relationship strangely endearing. When writing them, where or whom did you draw your inspiration from?
A.I was charmed by the idea of presenting two very different characters, who throughout the narrative come to understand they have many things in common. Harvey Anderson—our hero—is an everyman. He could be your brother, your cousin, your best pal. He’s someone you know. His father, on the other hand, is eccentric and mostly unapproachable. Bringing these two together, and having them discover their common ground—chiefly the unassailable, but unspoken, love they have for one another—was a challenge, but one I relished.
I’m not sure what, if anything, inspired this relationship. Sometimes characters just weave themselves from the yarn of your imagination. They breathe, almost perfectly formed, onto the page. The relationships they form are equally natural. It doesn’t always work out this way, but when it does, it’s like magic.
Huge thanks to Titan Books for sending me a copy which I highly recommend and to Rio Youers for taking the time to give some insight into the creation of this novel.