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thesandyreader 's review for:
Pictures of You
by Emma Grey
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
Oooh this one was deep.
When this book began, I was unsure of where it was going exactly… we see the world from her perspective as it is - with no memory, unable to answer any questions about herself, and I anticipated that it would be about her finding pieces of her life and threading it together.
And it was, but not at all in the way I originally thought. The duel POV and duel timelines were spectacularly done. Hearing her perspective compared to Drew’s, and slowly putting together what I knew about the present and learned about the past, was a lot of fun to listen to. I didn’t want to turn it off. I was enthralled by the pieces, and the way the present day felt so detached and disharmonious from the history elements.
I commented at one point on my % read update that I didn’t understand how she ended up this way - and by the end, I knew. I was sad and heartbroken for her, but also hopeful and happy.
It ended up being a raw read. Brutal doses of reality and humanity and human nature all tied together into a well written story I just couldn’t turn off.
I highly recommend this one, and as an audiobook it was enthralling and well spoken.