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A review by lenoreo
Amnesia by Cambria Hebert
3.0
https://celebrityreaders.com/2021/09/07/summer-of-love-week-12-amnesia-by-cambria-hebert/
3.5 stars — Hmmm…in general, I enjoyed myself. But there was something that kept me from being fully sucked in, and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to pinpoint it.
I don’t read a lot of mystery and suspense and thriller type books…and this was definitely that. I think in the end I’m kind of picky with them, and sometimes I have a harder time suspending my disbelief for some reason. I tried explaining it to my husband, and he counterargued me, so I still don’t know why little things bothered me in this one…but they did. I think it’s a personal taste thing, so that helps no one.
One of the things I *know* I’m not as much a fan of is when a main character (and in this case most secondary characters) know something that they’re always alluding to, but the reader doesn’t know. I honestly don’t know why I don’t like it, but I don’t. In the end this wasn’t the worst…after awhile I just let it go and let the story tell me when it wanted to tell me.
Eddie was sweet and caring, but exactly as he is described: very overwhelming in his attention for Amnesia. I kind of got it, I don’t always hate that, but I was kind of neither here nor there with him in that respect. It didn’t make me swoon as I’m sure was the intention anyways.
Amnesia was okay…I truly felt for what she was going through, and the times where she wasn’t believed. I loved when she had small victories, and hated when things got away from her.
As for the mystery? I don’t know. I got impatient. I have my theories, and while we got a bone on one mystery, there are still others. So I made the mistake of looking at reviews for the next book to try to decide whether I was invested enough, and some really annoying reviewers had spoilers…they may not have thought they were spoilers, but they were. So I highly recommend NOT looking at the reviews for the next book if you hate spoilers. One thing that I did see mentioned was that not all answers were given…in particular there was one mystery not solved. And as I am the kind of person that HATES that, it made my decision easier. While I’m sure the conclusion has lots of fun twists and turns, if I’m not going to get that one major answer, then I’m going to move on to something else.
3.5 stars — Hmmm…in general, I enjoyed myself. But there was something that kept me from being fully sucked in, and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to pinpoint it.
I don’t read a lot of mystery and suspense and thriller type books…and this was definitely that. I think in the end I’m kind of picky with them, and sometimes I have a harder time suspending my disbelief for some reason. I tried explaining it to my husband, and he counterargued me, so I still don’t know why little things bothered me in this one…but they did. I think it’s a personal taste thing, so that helps no one.
One of the things I *know* I’m not as much a fan of is when a main character (and in this case most secondary characters) know something that they’re always alluding to, but the reader doesn’t know. I honestly don’t know why I don’t like it, but I don’t. In the end this wasn’t the worst…after awhile I just let it go and let the story tell me when it wanted to tell me.
Eddie was sweet and caring, but exactly as he is described: very overwhelming in his attention for Amnesia. I kind of got it, I don’t always hate that, but I was kind of neither here nor there with him in that respect. It didn’t make me swoon as I’m sure was the intention anyways.
Amnesia was okay…I truly felt for what she was going through, and the times where she wasn’t believed. I loved when she had small victories, and hated when things got away from her.
As for the mystery? I don’t know. I got impatient. I have my theories, and while we got a bone on one mystery, there are still others. So I made the mistake of looking at reviews for the next book to try to decide whether I was invested enough, and some really annoying reviewers had spoilers…they may not have thought they were spoilers, but they were. So I highly recommend NOT looking at the reviews for the next book if you hate spoilers. One thing that I did see mentioned was that not all answers were given…in particular there was one mystery not solved. And as I am the kind of person that HATES that, it made my decision easier. While I’m sure the conclusion has lots of fun twists and turns, if I’m not going to get that one major answer, then I’m going to move on to something else.