Kayleigh | Welsh Book Fairy's Reviews > The Memo

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨 | 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠
★★★.½

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟
⟡ Contemporary fiction
⟡ Time travel
⟡ Female friendship

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝
The Memo had a really cool concept that centered around the idea of a second chance to rewrite over mistakes made in the main characters life. However this book has more of a scientific take on it: to time travel using… I’m not even sure, powerful emotional philosophy? 😂 either way it’s an interesting idea.

This book is also really relatable to anybody in their 25s-40s who feel as though they haven’t got their life together and perhaps even dream of a second, better life. Although this book reminds readers that ‘better’ is a matter of subjective opinion rather than a measurable achievement.

This is all told through writing that is sharp and witty. My favourite part was the writing. The humour was subtle but still hit heavy at regular intervals to keep the mainly belittling tone light.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝
The most prominent relationship is Jenny and Geeta who are best friends. But the friendship felt really toxic to me. I felt like they were trying to mold the other into what each other wanted them to be rather than celebrating their sense of selves together. It wasn’t a friendship I enjoyed and it wasn’t until the end that I really understood why Jenny would want to salvage it.

The MC could come across as unlikable too as she is in an almost constant state of self-pity, being belittled by those around her and quietly resenting them for it. It could be a bit draining but I did have a good time with this book and do recommend it.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬
“𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘖𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.”

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