The Memory Keepers

So yes, I am a teensy bit biased being the author, but I do really really love this book A few things you can expect to find in its pages Futuristic LondonA cute, if a bit awkward looking boy with scruffy hair A winter themed ballMemory surfing though it doesn t quite look like this A few stolen kissesA cool water boat house bus thingSome crawling through sewersPretty hairstylesSecrets in the nightAnd the London Underground, hundreds of years on from now I can t wait to share this story with you [...]

3, 5 Sterne

Here s where I start my review with a little bit of showing off I worked YA LitCon 2014, and the moment I opened the box containing our special early editions of The Memory Keepers I swept one aside to hide for myself The gorgeous cover, combined with an fabulous concept, made me desperate to read it, and I wasn t disappointed.I absolutely love dystopian fiction, and it s refreshingly fun to read a YA dystopia set in England, rather than in the ruins of America somewhere, and especially one set [...]

3.5Auch wenn das Buch nicht v llig neue Ideen pr sentiert und man alles auf die eine oder andere Art schon mal gelesen hat, hat mich das Buch sehr gut unterhalten.Besonders gefallen hat mir das setting des futuristischen Londons Hier hat die Autorin von meinen Geschmack auch genug Hintergrundinformationen geliefert und man konnte sich alles sehr gut vorstellen.Ebenfalls interessant fand ich das Thema des Erinnerungsdiebstahls Dies ist ein Thema von dem man noch nicht allzu viel gelesen hat Stell [...]

This book was amazing I loved every page it was even better than the elites that I was not sure was possible so I hope that Natasha Ngan will write another book

London im Jahre 2144Die Stadt ist gespalten in Nord und S d W hrend die einen im Luxus schwelgen, k mpfen die Anderen jeden Tag gegen Hunger, Armut und Unterdr ckung.Die 16 j hrige Alba, Tochter eines der m chtigsten M nner der Stadt, hat ihren goldenen K fig im Norden so unglaublich satt Ihr ganzes zuk nftiges Leben wird von ihrer distanzierten und unterk hlten Mutter bereits geplant, Freunde hat sie, au er ihrer Zofe Dolly, nicht und wenn sie nicht gerade die Schulbank dr ckt, dann hat sie eig [...]

This was my first Natasha Ngan book and I have to say, I have a feeling she s going to be one of those authors where you just buy her books without knowing anything about them.Need to know The memories aren t erased, they re basically just recorded , and you can actually trade them The book takes place in 2144 We are dealing with a bunch of characters in this book We have our two main characters Alba and Seven Seven s friends Loe and a little girl called Mika Alba s handmaid Dolly and Alba s par [...]

INHALT Albas Zukunft ist als Tochter des m chtigsten Mannes des Landes l ngst vorherbestimmt Ihre letzte Chance ist Seven, ein junger Dieb, der wertvolle Erinnerungen ihres Vaters stehlen will Alba stellt Seven ein Ultimatum Entweder er nimmt sie mit in seine Welt oder sie liefert ihn aus Auf Erinnerungsdiebstahl steht die Todesstrafe Gemeinsam dringen die beiden tief in die dunklen Ecken Londons vor und decken dabei ein grausames Geheimn is auf Eines, das Albas Leben f r immer ver ndern wird ME [...]

I unfortunately did not enjoy The Memory Keepers It was the type of book I felt like I d already read a hundred times and I didn t enjoy the writing style There was dual POV from the two main characters, Seven and Alba I have to say, I wasn t a fan of either of these characters First of all, they trusted each other way, way too easily I have no idea why Alba didn t start screaming when she found a stranger, obviously there to steal something, in her house, ESPECIALLY since in this world, theft w [...]

This is the second book by Natasha Ngan after last year s stellar The Elites While I didn t enjoy this one quite as much, it was still a pretty good read I thought the concept for the novel was brilliant Set in the future, it imagines a world in which people are able to store their memories These are then either kept or traded as valuable commodities They are even sometimes stolen by criminal gangs, which is where one of the main characters Seven features I loved the idea of being able to relive [...]

Ich finde die Geschichte toll Ich mag die Charaktere Ich war spannend und mal ein bisschen was anderes Mein Gef hl sagt definitiv 5 Sterne.

3,5 Sterne f r eine sch ne Geschichte, leider mit einigen Logikfehlern Auch das Ende konnte mich nicht ganz berzeugen.

Wieso, weshalb, warumAllein wegen dem tollen Cover habe ich mir dieses Buch gekauft grins Es ist so wundersch n gestaltet Einfach ein totaler Eyecatcher Kurzer InhaltLondon im 22 Jahrhundert Zwischen dem Norden und dem S den liegt eine gro e Kluft Die Reichen und besser gestellten Menschen wohnen im Norden Im S den findet man die Armen und die Arbeiter Durch gewaltige Fortschritte in der Technologie wurden sogenannte Erinnerungsmaschinen gebaut Diese Maschinen erfreuen sich gro er Beliebtheit, d [...]

BuchgestaltungDie englische Aufmachung gef llt mir gar nicht, was f r mich auch ein Hauptgrund war, das Buch auf deutsch zu lesen Ich finde die Farben f rchterlich und auch sonst alles irgendwie berladen Die Gestaltung des Arena Verlags ist einfach minimalistischer und stimmiger und auch der deutsche Titel passt viel besser zum Inhalt des Romans MeinungWenn man sich das Konzept dieses Buch anschaut, dann klingt das unglaublich verlockend, oder Ich war mir schon fast sicher, dass ich dieses Buch [...]

Es wird das Jahr 2143 geschrieben und die Welt hat sich nicht zum Positiven gewandelt Tats chlich wurde der gesellschaftliche Schnitt auf Grund diverser Unruhen und auch Klimaver nderungen immer drastischer, sodass es eigentlich nur noch Reiche und oder M chtige gibt und die Armen So etwas wie eine Mittelschicht gibt es nicht mehr und w hrend es sich die Oberschicht gutgehen l sst, k mpft die Unterschicht t glich ums berleben Doch etwas eint diese unterschiedlichen Menschen das Erinnerungssurfen [...]

Title The Memory Keepers Author Natasha Ngan Genre Romance, Sci Fi, Futuristic, YA Teen Age 12 Rating 3 out of 5 stars Summary No one can take your memories from you can they Seven is a thief with a difference he steals downloadable memories from banks and memoriums to sell onto London s black market, trading secrets and hidden pasts for a chance at a future of his own He makes sure he keeps some special stuff back to surf himself though it s the only real form of entertainment he can afford But [...]

Der Einstieg ins Buch fiel mir unglaublich leicht und ich hatte sofort ein Bild vor Augen, was f r mich pers nlich ein sehr guter Start zum Lesen ist Erz hlt wird die Geschichte von einem Erz hler, welcher uns einen guten berblick ber die Gef hlswelt von Alba und Seven gibt Wir springen trotz allem zwischen den Sichtweisen von Alba und Seven hin und her, denn die beiden sind nicht immer zusammen und leben in grundverschiedenen Gebieten.Alba ist eine ruhige, etwas verschreckte und liebevolle Pers [...]

Auf Alba Seven bin ich durch das wundersch ne Cover aufmerksam geworden Der Klappentext h rte sich super an und meine Neugierde war sofort geweckt Die Autorin Natasha Ngan berzeugt in ihrem Buch mit frischen Ideen und einer einfallsreichen Story Nur das Ende kam etwas zu pl tzlich.Albas Leben scheint perfekt zu sein Ihre Familie ist wohlhabend und lebt in einem tollen Anwesen Ihre Eltern versuchen ihr alles zu bieten, was ihr Herz begehrt Nur das, was sich Alba am meisten w nscht, bleibt ihr ver [...]

Being a fan of Natasha Ngan s books for a while, I have had this on my TBR pile waiting for the exact right moment to pick it up And now that I m reeling with love for different worlds and exploration, I knew I had to read it right away it was brilliant Natasha Ngan is always really good at tacking issues in society with her books Her last book, The Memory Keepers, gave a great portrayal of all the racism and prejudice there is within any world, but I was also especially interested in the issue [...]

After the success of Elites, I was quite keen to read another Natasha Ngan book The Memory Keepers ticked all the boxes and I was really excited about the book.The Memory Keepers is set in a future London yes where memory can be extracted from humans and stored in a external storage device These memories can then me stored or are traded in the market for profit or loss As this is a dystopian, we have the rich North side of London where the wealthy and influential live and the starving, dying pop [...]

Review originally posted on The Slanted Bookshelf.My Rating 3 starsThe Memory Keepers really grabbed be with the first scene We start off from Seven s POV as he is breaking into the Whites house only to be caught by Alba The scene ends with her realising he s a thief and then we go back in time for about a day.The Memory Keepers is set in the future when memories are the most valuable thing a person has and people steal memories aka skids to sell on the black market London is its own separate st [...]

Everything about this promised an amazing story the future London, the enticing value of memories, and the absolutely heart breaking character stories I flew through this, completely gripped to finding out the truth behind the Memory Keepers and what the deal was with Seven s past and how it tied to the memory trade Told in alternative perspectives, it was as much Alba s story as Seven s, which, much like the fact that is wasn t immediately a romance, was refreshing they both needed a friend th [...]

Review also posted to Words Read WrittenWhy I picked it up This book was sent to me from Five Mile Press in exchange for an honest review.My thoughts My immediate thoughts within the first few pages is that this book is extremely descriptive, almost unnecessarily so Every single movement is spelt out and as a result the novel got off to a pretty slow start But despite the slow start, the world is beautifully built, so maybe the excessive description is good for some things The picture of a futur [...]

Ich habe es genossen das Buch zu lesen, obwohl es sich anf hlte als h tte ich schon unendlich viele von solchen B chern gelesen Trotzdem war es ein ziemlich interessantes Buch mit gelegentlichem Humor Bei einer Stelle war es ziemlich schwer nicht zu lachen xD , ziemlich spannenden Szenen und verbl ffenden Plot Twists Die Beziehung zwischen Alba und Seven h tte man um weiten ausbauen k nnen, da ich an manchen Stellen mir mehrere genervte chzer verkneifen musste.Das Ende war zwar gut Anbetracht de [...]

The irony I can t remember what I wanted to say about The Memory Keepers Look, it was a decent read It chugged along at a fluid pace, the dual perspective broke up the plot in an intriguing enough way, and the concepts were enough to keep me reading It was your typical dystopian fare, nothing to blow your mind the memory stuff was pretty cool but the plot building off this concept was, at times, reduced to the star crossed lovers trope which was a bit disappointing THOUGH I SWEAR sorry, this rev [...]

So this is Natasha Ngan s second novel, published a year after her debut The Elites and it is just as good if not better I could barely express how incredible her first was but this is a very different book If you ve read The Elites, then you ll know the scale and cast of the story is big, really big I still wish it had been split into several books The Memory Keepers is much smaller and intimate and it focuses closely on the relationships that are formed The writing is beautiful and the charact [...]

I loved this book Scenery, characters, events they are all beautiful I really think this needs a sequence, to tell us what will happen this maqnificient characters A short summary Seven is a memory skid thief who loves in South poor section of London while Alba is the only daughter of the Police Head She has a hand maid, Dolly, who she loves dearly Her mother is an ice queen, who treats her poorly And Seven and Alba meets each other, a not so quick insta love happens Then All in all this is a go [...]

Wow Just wow Ever since I heard of Natasha Ngan last year when I read The Elites I ve always hoped that she d write a new novel, a series maybe And this book was amazing By far one of my favorite novels ever And I hope that Natasha can keep writing of her amazing stories and hopefully become a well known author because she deserves to be Well done Natasha for writing such a thrilling story packed with awesomeness and everything I look for in a novel.

it was interesting to think about a dystopia set in the UK many are set in the US or unnamed places but this was clearly set in London The divide between rich and poor is something to think about even now in the present

i m surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did.