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Memento Nora (Memento Nora #1)

by Angie Smibert (Goodreads Author)

3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 · rating details · 611 ratings · 169 reviews

On an otherwise glossy day, a blast goes off and a body thuds to the ground at Nora's feet. There are terrorist attacks in the city all the time, but Nora can't forget.

In Nora's world you don't have to put up with nightmares. Nora goes with her mother to TFC--a Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic. There, she can describe her horrible memory and take a pill to erase it so she can...more

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Published April 1st 2011 by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books

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Jan 30, 2013 Alice Eccles rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 4-star

Ever had an experience that you wish you could forget, but it just keeps playing over and over in your mind?
If there was a way you could wipe out that memory, would you do it?
Nora lives in a world of fear. There is a Coalition of anonymous terrorists who seem bent on destroying anyone naive enough to try to live normally. People who can afford it live in walled compounds, and only go out in armored cars.
While Nora is shopping with her mom, there’s an explosion in a bookstore, and a man falls fro...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Tori rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: this-is-weird

This was interesting. It's different from a lot of things I have read, in good and bad ways. For one thing, it way extremely short. I usually read things 400+ pages, so it was a little weird for me to read something with not even 200 pages. That wasn't a big deal though and I could have easily forgotten about that if it hadn't been so rushed.

The book started out telling us about the bombing, then suddenly, she's on her way to the TFC. That part was good, up until she meets Micah. That part was v...more This was interesting. It's different from a lot of things I have read, in good and bad ways. For one thing, it way extremely short. I usually read things 400+ pages, so it was a little weird for me to read something with not even 200 pages. That wasn't a big deal though and I could have easily forgotten about that if it hadn't been so rushed.

The book started out telling us about the bombing, then suddenly, she's on her way to the TFC. That part was good, up until she meets Micah. That part was very rushed, and I think I would have enjoyed it more if there was more explanation. Lets face it: a rich girl doesn't just go meet a poor guy after school in the library - which is by the way a public place - where everyone can see them. Their friendship should have been more developed.

Another thing I didn't like was Nora. I didn't hate her, but she did things for no reason. I don't feel like she really explained why she was doing something, or explained her actions well. I found myself pissed off at things she did many times and I just didn't like her. She was the kind of girl I would have laughed at just because of her obsession with keeping her reputation.

Okay, I think that's all the problems I had with it. Now, on to the things I liked.

Micah and Winter: I really liked them and enjoyed the chapters that they narrated a lot more than the ones Nora did. Being an artist myself, I could relate well to Winter, especially. I liked that she was different and interesting. I liked Micah too. I liked reading from his perspective, and he seemed to have a stronger personality than Nora. Both Winter and Micah were people I would have gotten along with in real life, and I would like to see them narrate more in the next book.

I also liked the ending. Even though it has conflicting emotions, it still feels like a happy ending. It kind of ends on a cliffhanger though, and is not a standalone book, which is why I feel like I have to read the next one.

So in conclusion, there were a lot of problems I had with this book, but I enjoyed it anyways. If you think the problems I had with it won't bother you, go ahead and read it. I think it was worth reading, at least. And I will probably read the next book.(less)

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Feb 22, 2012 Arthur Pengerbil rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

"I'm about to forget everything I'm going to tell you." So begins the therapeutic statement of Nora James, age 15. Nora and her two friends Micah and Winter, are being held at the Detention Center for Therapeutic Forgetting. In a world filled with ramdom bombings, the authorities find that the people usually want to take the pill that will make them forget all the ugliness. Nora and her friend will be forced to take The Big Pill that will erase all memory of their...more

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Sep 26, 2011 Creativity's Corner added it

Shelves: dystopian, sci-fi, young-adult

This review was originally posted on my blog, Creativity's Corner

This book was not what I was expecting, in any way shape or form. For one thing, it was smaller than I expected. It came from the library and it felt so tiny compared to the tomes I've become used to. For some reason, that made me even more excited to read it - it was something new and different!

From the moment I cracked open this book I felt like I was in a different world. The writing style was so different, and yet I was compl...more

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Jun 11, 2011 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

If you could take a little white pill to forget all the traumatic events in your life... would you do it? Would the events that you have forgotten make your life different? Would it make you a different person?

It is not everyday that a book evokes all these questions and really makes you think about the events that shape who you are as a person. But Memento Nora tackles all these questions. And does so in a way that completely threw my brain for a loop.

Told through three teen point of views, re...more

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May 28, 2011 cecilia rated it 4 of 5 stars

The compact size of MEMENTO NORA threw me off, but don't they say that good things can come in small packages? Let me say that this package delivers quite the punch that you won't want to forget!

Nora, Micah, and Winter live in a world that reminded me of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, but instead of messing with brainwaves, unforgivable and undesirable memories get erased with a swallow of a pill. The more you choose to forget, the more spending credits you get as a reward to shop and mo...more

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Apr 27, 2011 Asenath rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: in-my-classroom-library, mystery, science-fiction

This book was not for me. I was surprised when I first got it in the mail--it was a lot smaller than I had anticipated (both in page numbers and physical size.)Despite being less than 200 pages, I found it difficult to want to continue reading. The story just didn't draw me in. I didn't feel a connection to any of the characters. The chapters didn't end in cliffhangers. There weren't a lot of cliffhangers, actually. Not a lot happened.

I had very high expectations for this book, probably because...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars

Angie Simbert’s Memento Nora isn’t the kind of thing I’d expect to find aimed at younger audiences. Near daily attacks drive people to Therapeutic Forgetting Clinics where with one little white pill they can leave their fears behind. Nora has her first visit after the bookstore she and her mother are about to visit blows up in front of them, dropping a dead body right at her feet. So, off to forget she goes, at least until she sees mystery guy Micah spit out his pill. At least until she hears wh...more

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Apr 02, 2011 Jenny rated it 4 of 5 stars

Review originally posted at: http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com...

Actual Rating: 3.5

MY THOUGHTS
Thought provoking in the possibilities it presents, Memento Nora is a story that causes us to shift a lot of our attention inward, wondering what we might do if erasing targeted memories was actually an option. So many fascinating questions are raised with such a deceptively simple premise, the idea of a pill to help us forget unwanted moments in time seeming pretty straightforward, but the implicat...more Review originally posted at: http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com...

Actual Rating: 3.5

MY THOUGHTS
Thought provoking in the possibilities it presents, Memento Nora is a story that causes us to shift a lot of our attention inward, wondering what we might do if erasing targeted memories was actually an option. So many fascinating questions are raised with such a deceptively simple premise, the idea of a pill to help us forget unwanted moments in time seeming pretty straightforward, but the implications and repercussions of forgetting we quickly learn are broad and enormous in scale. What kind of world would it be if we simply wiped away the image of abuse or violence simply because we could? Would we not become stagnant by choosing to forget the tragedies, the hurts, and the pains, however small or large, that ultimately shape and mold our lives into liquid and ever-changing journeys? Learning from the events of the past, as opposed to dismissing them, seems necessary to ensure we are never held prisoner by a complacency that bypassing progress through memory alteration would inevitably cause.

Though the plot moves quickly and is far darker in the tale it tells than we suspect when we first begin reading, the characterization isn't quite as memorable as a story that just begs to be discussed until the wee hours of the morning. Because we get the point of view of each of our three main protagonists as they recount the events leading to the creation of Memento for the authorities, we don't have enough time in this quick, under-two-hundred-page tale to get to know any of them in a way where we will forever remember their names regardless of how many new characters we meet in other books. While all of their perspectives are intriguing and their separate voices are easy to read, jumping from one mind to the next swiftly keeps the roots through which we absorb all those emotions we crave when reading from extending deep enough beneath the surface to reach the layer where richer and more complex connections are waiting.

Interestingly enough, one of the most fascinating characters is Nora's mom–a woman whose point of view we are actually denied, but who makes a lasting impression on us nonetheless. She inspires both our anger for her willingness to swallow her life away one pill at a time instead of taking control of it, but also our sympathy for enduring a difficult situation and coping the only way she knows how. Her example elicits a strong reaction in both Nora and us, her quiet struggle more shocking to Nora than the violence of the Coalition attacks, and more unnerving to us for its relatability. Reading as Nora, Micah, and Winter seek to release the invisible binds locking those like Nora's mom into a life of contented repetition by revealing the power that stems from possibility is a tense, and ironically, unforgettable experience.

Memento Nora is an enjoyable debut from Ms. Smibert, the strength lying more in a brilliant and compelling story as opposed to deep and layered protagonists, but it is one that certainly makes an impression. Seeing individuals who are capable of blazing a trail into the unknown, thereby stripping themselves of their reliance on the safety of forgetting, but who choose to remain passive is gut-wrenching in its difficulty. However, watching as those who refuse to digest what the government tries to feed them and attempt to affect change despite their fear plasters a hopeful smile on our faces that remains in place until the very end.

Rating: 3.5/5(less)

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Mar 30, 2011 Sara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Memento Nora by Angie Smibert follows Nora who lives in a society where people take a pill to forget the stresses in their lives. After Nora witnesses a car bombing she takes her first trip to a TFC (therapeutic forgetting center) so that she can forget all about the incident. While there she spots a boy who makes a big deal of not taking the pill so she decides to spit hers out. Nora and Micah then make and distribute a comic book which causes a huge amount of controversy.

I had mixed feelings a...more

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Feb 27, 2011 Danna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Memento Nora was exactly what I was hoping for it to be and I’m glad I was able to snag a copy early.
The story is told in three different perspectives: Nora’s, Micah’s, and Winter’s. It did get confusing at times, but at the beginning of each chapter, it had the character’s name on the side. I enjoyed Nora’s perspective the most because her life was really interesting with her family drama and such. Actually, the whole world of Memento Nora was interesting to read about. There were lots of terro...more

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Feb 12, 2011 bibliophile brouhaha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, dystopian, young-adult-fiction, blog-tour

I can say with certainty that this book had me from the first sentence:

“I’m about to forget everything I'm going to tell you.”

I adore this book. It’s different from anything else out there right now. Everything in it is something that we’ve possibly seen before, but the way Angie Smibert has put the different elements together felt completely fresh and wonderfully thought-provoking. It’s unusual for me to really enjoy a mostly plot-driven book, but that’s what Memento Nora is: a fast drive thro...more I can say with certainty that this book had me from the first sentence:

“I’m about to forget everything I'm going to tell you.”

I adore this book. It’s different from anything else out there right now. Everything in it is something that we’ve possibly seen before, but the way Angie Smibert has put the different elements together felt completely fresh and wonderfully thought-provoking. It’s unusual for me to really enjoy a mostly plot-driven book, but that’s what Memento Nora is: a fast drive through contrivance, compliance, choice and consequence. It’s a thin book of only 192 pages, and not a single word is wasted.

The setting takes place about 40 to 50 years in the future from what I can estimate. 9/11, the London Underground attack, the Madrid bombing, and a fourth fictional tragedy are defining moments that have shaped the world Nora lives in. Car bombings, curfews and armored escort vehicles are the norm. Consumerism is considered a right and civic responsibility, and Therapeutic Forgetting Clinics (TFCs) truly are the opiate of the masses. See something horrible? Hop over to your neighborhood TFC, pop a pill, and you will never have to remember it again.

Nora is the main protagonist of the book, and she has a dream life as the beloved, spoiled, petted princess of her mother and father. In particular, her father concentrates on success and social status. The book opens with her and her mother on a shopping trip. During the outing, Nora witnesses a bombing and sees the body of person who died as a result of it. Hence, her trip to a TFC.

Nora eventually meets Micah and Winter, the other two main characters in the story. Micah’s personal and economic situation is the exact opposite of Nora’s. He and his mother previously have lived out of a car, and they now essentially squat in a makeshift home in a commune, and by that I do not a Manson family-style commune, but more like a like urban food co-op/DIY/artesian community. Living there means you have no where else to go, but you wouldn’t mind sampling their kool-aid from time-to-time. However, the sense of community he has there is far preferable to the personal home situation Nora faces. Winter, on the other hand, is a rad, burgeoning artist who loves her best friend, Micah, and is wary of Nora. Her family has a past and a whole lot of pain that they carry on their backs and in their hearts. She has a very tight relationship with her grandfather, who appears to be one of those rare people who encompass both high personal standards and a warm and open mind. After everything she has lost and under her grandfather’s love, Winter’s art gives her something creative and useful to channel her emotions through. Winter also makes the best connections out the trio, and she’s the one who knows that junked, forgotten things sometimes offer the best solutions.

The story is told through the eyes and ears of these three, and they take turns telling the narrative through alternating first-person points-of-view. Together, they write and distribute a comic book that changes everything. They have chosen to retain their memories and then record and distribute them so that they become a part of everyone else’s collective memory. Doing so exposes some people and entities whose actions would otherwise be wiped from memory. In a world where forgetting keeps the machine smoothly moving, such a step is not an act of rebellion so much as a call for revolution.

Memento Nora is fascinating. It takes the premise that those who forget history are doomed to repeat to an extreme and very personal level. It mixes that with the idea of government-sanctioned, corporate control over the populace. I wouldn’t exactly call this book dystopian. Usually in dystopian novels, an author presents us with a seemingly perfect and well-ordered world and deconstructs it as we read. Smibert does the opposite and shows us that chaos can be as carefully constructed and controlled as perfection. She also pays homage to the book’s literary predecessors throughout the story, so be on the lookout for these nods (my personal favorite was the Jonas Defense Fund). In conclusion, Memento Nora is one those rare books that takes old ideas and reinvents them in a fresh, new way so that we may see their importance and relevance again. It’s savvy, political, intelligent and controversial – a mesmerizing what-if tale that hits way too close to home and already has seeds planted in the present. I highly recommend it.(less)

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Oct 21, 2012 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well this was another rebel-against-dystopian-society-and-find-romance-somewhere-in-there-too-plus-discover-creepy-secret-that-changes-everything kind of book. Like Matched or Possession. But Micah and Nora never did develop their relationship that well, so that was a letdown. Also, at the end, when Micah and Winter and Nora are seperated, I was like flipping some tables cuz they need to kick butt and save the city from the corrupted city amnesia maniacs at TFC!!! OH yeah, that brings me to my n...more

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Apr 27, 2012 karen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

There is a great book hidden inside Memento Nora, but somehow it missed the mark for me. I was hooked from the first chapter, with an initial rush of action pulling me into the interesting world that Angie Smibert created, and I read the whole thing pretty fast, but I can't help but feel it could have been more substantial.

Nora's story is set roughly thirty years in the future, a future where terrorist attacks occur in the US on a regular basis and "forgetting clinics" provide a way to forget y...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Christina (A Reader of Fictions) rated it 3 of 5 stars

The dystopian world in which Memento Nora is set is not too different from the world of today. The technology, aside from the pills and phones with even better technology, does not seem to far out of the realm of today's capabilities. This one reminds me most of Uglies, because of the slang, and Little Brother for the contemporary setting.

My favorite thing about Memento Nora was the focus on comics, and the power the written word can have. I love that the teens are creating this comic strip to h...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Once Upon rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: debut-author-2011

OK so here goes my review. I read the book fast, it was very predictable to me. I never connected with the characters. It felt very sterile most of the time while reading. The plot was a great idea with the concept of living in a world where if you want to forget you take a pill. Its basically New York in the future and their is violence everywhere. You have a chance to take a pill to remove those horrible memories that don't let you sleep at night. You take a visit to the Therapeutic Forgetting...more

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Feb 16, 2011 Jodie (Books for Company) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Whole review is here - http://www.booksforcompany.com/2011/0...

When l received this book (Thanks again Diana) l was shocked by how small the book is, it’s only 192 pages. You couldn't be blamed for thinking ‘Can this book be any good when it’s so small? Can it introduce the characters in time and get a good story line in?’ well in answer to that, yes. Yes it is a good book even though it is only 2/3 the size of most books, yes it does let you get to the know the characters well but still have a...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Cornmaven rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: high-school, middle-school, ms-hs

A dystopia where the military industrial complex controls the population by forcing them to take pills which erase traumatic or negative experiences. Those who don't comply simply "disappear." Nora gets caught in this world when she witnesses a car bombing and her mother takes her to the forgetting clinic. A chance encounter with a non-compliant teen sends her on a path of resistance and rebellion, not to mention having to face hurtful family secrets.

I liked the characters - they were well drawn...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Anastasia Tuckness rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: lora

Shelves: c2011, science-fiction, ya, best-books, dystopian

I really really enjoyed this book. It has a great combination of interesting characters, a setting that's all-too-believable in our near future, and enough action to keep it moving.

Nora has it all--a glossy Pink Ice mobile, a mom who takes her shopping whenever she closes a big real estate deal, a successful father, and a well-established place at the top of her social hierarchy. One day while shopping, she witnesses a violent bombing and it bothers her so much she can't sleep. No problem, say h...more

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Feb 27, 2011 Joli rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

There is nothing scarier than a dystopian novel that is only one or two steps away from the reality of the world we live in today. While reading Memento Nora, I was really freaked out by the reminder that almost all of our movements are traceable - by mobile phone, internet, purchases, and ways that I can't even imagine - there isn't any anonymity anymore.We are always being watched even though we may not know how much we are being watched or by whom. Can you sense my paranoia here? Um yeah, jus...more There is nothing scarier than a dystopian novel that is only one or two steps away from the reality of the world we live in today. While reading Memento Nora, I was really freaked out by the reminder that almost all of our movements are traceable - by mobile phone, internet, purchases, and ways that I can't even imagine - there isn't any anonymity anymore.We are always being watched even though we may not know how much we are being watched or by whom. Can you sense my paranoia here? Um yeah, just a little bit.

Memento Nora is set in a future plagued by a terrorist threat called the Coalition who've claimed responsibility for several attacks and numerous bombings. These events have become so common that the Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic (TFC) was created to help people deal with their post-traumatic stress. People just go into the clinic, tell all of their worries that they want to forget, pop a pill and presto-magic all of their worries are erased. Oh and the best part is that every time they go to the clinic to forget, they earn points which serve as currency to buy "glossy" things.

Told through Therapeutic Statements, the book begins with Nora describing her "glossy day" out with her mother when the top floor of the building they are walking beside blows up and the body of a man falls right in front of her. Having witnessed this, her mother has taken her to the Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic so that she can have this horrific memory erased. But the strange behavior of Micah, another TFC patient, and her mother's shocking confession, convinces Nora that she may not want to forget it all and she fakes taking her pill. Her run-in with Micah, and their friendship that follows, allows Nora to realize that her life may not be as glossy as it seems (and may never really have been).

I loved how the story is told from the perspectives of Nora and her friends, Micah and Winter as they try to figure out who is behind the Coalition and all of the mysterious bombings. Filled with intrigue and danger, and with a kick in the consumerist's pants, Memento Nora hits a little too close to home.

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Oct 02, 2011 Emilyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia, young-adult, future, librarians, social-commentary

In a dystopian future set about 40 to 50 years from now, the world is obsessed with security over privacy. Car bombings happen regularly, all perpetrated by a group known as the Coalition. People are scared, but they also have the option to forget the problems in their lives through taking a pill that disrupts the formation and recall of memories at a Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic (TFC). Nora takes her first trip to a TFC after witnessing a car bombing, but doesn't take her pill after witnessing...more

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Apr 19, 2011 Elissa Hoole rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book had a fantastic premise that was chilling in its plausibility--in the near future, people take pills to forget traumatic events, such as the rather commonplace terrorist attacks of a group known only as the Coalition. When Nora secretly spits out the pill and remembers, it changes her life and launches her into a dangerous underground venture that threatens everything she has taken for granted in her life. Intriguing, exciting, and fast-paced, this book is an adrenaline rush of unthink...more

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Jan 05, 2011 L (Sniffly Kitty) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review, read-2010, sci-fi, ya, dystopia, owned

I have to say, this was pretty good. When it arrived, it was such a slim novel that I was worried, but I was quickly drawn into the story and cared about the characters. I really enjoyed the way the trio interacted, and how each of them had an interesting background.

The story moves pretty quickly, but somehow a lot of background information is given without the feeling of information overload. The characters manage to tell their vignettes in a wonderfully chilling but accessible voice.

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Mar 24, 2011 A Canadian Girl rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, 3-stars, marshall-cavendish

Angie Smibert’s Memento Nora is a short but tightly woven debut that will leave readers thinking about issues such as violence and terrorism, medicalization, consumerism and the role that governments and corporations play in society.

The novel is told from the perspective of three teenagers, Nora, Micah and Winter, each of whom has their own reason for collaborating on Memento. Aside from having their own unique story, the characters also had very distinctive voices, which I really liked. I would...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Sam rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia

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I have a soft spot for Dystopias, I have ever since my College English class which had been themed Dystopias and Utopias. Brave New World is a book that ingrained itself in my mind, so the Young Adult Dystopia boom both pleases and displeases me. Dystopias are meant to make you think and many YA Dystopias fail to reach that goal, instead focusing on trying to make an impression with romance, forbidden, rebelling and action. But sometimes a YA Dystopia is so goo...more

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Aug 23, 2011 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Memento Nora is a novel by Angie Smibert and a YA Dystopian from Marshall Cavendish.

Book Blurb:

Forget your cares at TFC.

On an otherwise glossy day, a blast goes off and a body thuds to the ground at Nora’s feet. There are terrorist attacks in the city all the time, but Nora can’t forget. So Nora goes with her mother to TFC - a Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic. There she can describe her horrible memory and take the pill that will erase it.

But at TFC, a chance encounter with a mysterious guy change...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Taylor rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-z-challenge-2013

This is a book I have been meaning to read for a while and I have mixed feelings about it. I liked the world building but I wish there had been a little bit more background about how things came to be this way. The plot was not quite as exciting and surprising as i expected it to be. I somewhat knew how things were going to end up and wish there had been a little bit more to the story. This book is less than two hundred pages so not a whole lot happens since a good protion of that is world build...more

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Oct 22, 2011 Karin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, dystopian, science-fiction, youngadult

Do you have something you’d like to forget? A memory too difficult to recall? Have no fear, TFC can take care of your problem.

Nora is about to experience her first visit to TFC (Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic). Her parents are insisting she go after witnessing a horrible terrorist attack. Nora can’t seem to get the pictures of the dead out of her head. The only solution is to wash them from her head so she can get on with her life.

In a world where terrorist attacks are commonplace, TFC is making...more

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May 13, 2012 Lindsay rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book had a really clever premis - domestic terrorism has become so prevalent that the government offers you a pill that will make you forget a recent traumatic event. And everything is sponsored by a corporation - schools, hospitals, you name it. The problem was in the execution. This book reminded me of the kind of books I read in middle school...almost like it was made for a 6th grade book report. But the book was just not able to live up to it's potential. It never truly challenged the r...more

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Feb 01, 2011 Yani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc

When I picked up this book I thought it would be a a miniaturized repeat of other dsytopian novels, and while there are similarities between this book and other works, I was intrigued by the storyline and the character’s chemistry. It reads like a psychology journal- of memories to forget. I liked the fact that because it was a journal of memories to forget, the author doesn’t bore you with irrelevant details. The idea of forgetting to be happy is a similar theme in other dystopian novels and it...more

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I was born in Blacksburg, a once sleepy college town in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I grew up thinking I wanted to be a veterinarian; organic chemistry had other ideas. But I always had stories in my head. Eventually, after a few degrees and few cool jobs—including a 10-year stint at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center—I wrote some of those stories down.

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Memento Nora (Memento Nora #1)

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