thesandyreader 's review for:

Pictures of You by Emma Grey
5.0
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.