A review by chmpgneprblms
The Memory Book by Lara Avery

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.5

it was a decent book! i was very nervous to pick up this book because so often, books about chronically and/or terminally ill characters are infantilizing and inaccurate and just feel...gross. thankfully, i didn't feel that too much with this book. 
stuart, however, felt like that to me, he just seemed like he stuck around out of pity,

her romance with cooper felt a bit rushed

and it was weird going from a journal to her future self to first-person.
otherwise, this book was good! the characters were likeable and i thought the entries during her episodes were very raw and real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Dementia

Moderate: Ableism and Death

Minor: Sexual content