Reviews for The Memory of Water

The average rating for The Memory of Water based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-07-01 00:00:00 Paul Fraser SPOILERS AHEAD What's up with the protagonist getting together with her sister's ex husband. Am I supposed to respect her? I do not. How could you do that? Especially when your sister is unstable, to say the least. What's up with this family and their boating issues? Seriously, DO NOT go on a boat with any of them. It will NOT end well. The other reason that this ending is a conflict for me is because White kills off a character and it seemed like she just wanted to get her out of the way. Actually, upon reflection I have lowered my rating and I'm going to tell you why. If you don't want to find out what happens at the end, stop reading NOW! This is why: I do not like how she kills off the mentally ill sister. I just don't like it. It's not someone's fault if they are mentally ill. This seems a little too, good girl, bad girl to me. I don't know why people are rating this book so highly, actually. The more I think about it, the more it bothers me. I mean, is the main character lady really that desperate. Isn't she there to "help"? How does this help? Also, killing off the other sister is just a convenient plot point that makes it seem ok that the mc is acting like a selfish a-hole. I don't like it. I don't recommend it. There are much better books out there. And just as a head's up- if your sister is mentally ill, don't hook up with her hubby. OK? I expect a lot more from Karen White. She charges 12.99 for a download, for Pete's sake. She should pay someone 14 bucks to read this mess. Glad I got it for free.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-31 00:00:00 Caroline Gunther This book was just not for me, but I will give the author one more try only because I have another of her books on my physical shelf. It was extremely repetitive and agonizingly slow. Yes, the pace picked up at the end, but by then I already knew exactly what was going to happen to every single character and no longer cared. The writing left a lot to be desired. The editing should have caught those repetitions and the most irksome sentence of all, that when Gil figured out there was no Santa, his childhood had "grown a bit shorter." Ugh. Lots of drama, lots of secrets, too much clinging to the past, and shallow characters.