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3.0

I'm not quite sure what I feel about this book. On one hand, reading a book about a main character with no short term memory was very interesting. There was a lot of repetition in her thoughts, which makes complete sense because she has to keep learning all of the things she's forgotten over and over again. However, even knowing it's purpose, the repetition did affect the pacing of the book for me. I felt like the first and especially the second part of the story lagged a bit. I was the most interested by what happened in the third part of the book. Unfortunately, that part seemed to speed by. I would've liked a little more to that, and maybe to have an actual epilogue.
I did like the character of Flora Banks. Her determination was really compelling. There were also a couple of reveals in the book that were genuine surprises to me, which I appreciated. Of course there were aspects of her personality that were very confusing, but it makes complete sense for her character.
This was a quick read for me, but I don't know that I would say it was a 'fun' read. to be honest, the thought of being in the situations she finds herself in is pretty disturbing.
All in all, I thought this book was interesting and different.