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To ask other readers questions about The Memory Game , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Apr 10, Helen F rated it did not like it. I was not very enamoured with this book, it took way too long to get going and the whole twist felt pretty adequate and absurd when we got there, plus I had already figured it out. I just couldn't take to the main character a sign of how unispired I was that I finished this book 10 minutes ago and have already forgotten her name I also found the othe I was not very enamoured with this book, it took way too long to get going and the whole twist felt pretty adequate and absurd when we got there, plus I had already figured it out.

I also found the other characters pretty annoying from bossy Kim to ridiculous Alan? Not counting all the other hundreds of people that kept popping up but who were so unimportant to the story that I could not keep track of who was a Martello, who was a spouse of, who was no relation at all, who happened to just be passing by Haivng read reviews of other books by the author, it seems that my first foray into their work is the weakest one so I may try others at a later date but this has not inspired me to continue for now.

High hopes have been signifcantly dashed for now. Mar 15, Diane rated it it was ok. I have been enjoying Nicci French thrillers read one and was excited at the discovery of a new author and have been working my way through the rest but this one just dragged mercilessly. Too many characters were introduced too fast. It took pages for me to figure out who was a family member, an in-law, a former-in-law, etc. Not to mention that the story was dragging so much, I just didn't Really a disappointment. Not to mention that the story was dragging so much, I just didn't care who they were by the time I figured out the relationships.

I won't give up on Nicci French but this was a real clunker from them. This was an enjoyable book, although it got off to rather a slow start.

I guessed the twist long before it actually happened. Mar 16, notgettingenough rated it really liked it. This book cost me a national title once. Well, at least a shot at one. I settled down with it in bed the night before a Nationals started and at 5am I was still wide awake glued to it. I finished the book From a professional faller-asleeper - it is by far the thing at which I shine - this is really saying something. I've read plenty of this sort of book, it isn't the best written or the worst by any means. It even has the kiss of death of This book cost me a national title once.

It even has the kiss of death of being written by a couple - who could ever make that work and even if it did, we wouldn't think it did. Yet there is something about the formula - and having read a few more, it is hard to call it anything else - that succeeds in spades. Mar 12, Renny Barcelos added it. This was so boring I couldn't force myself to pay the right amount of attention to the audiobook and despite rewind several times I finished it without fully understanding what happened.

I am curious but not enough to put myself through it again Listened to in audio format.

I have finished the series up to Saturday and I was eager to try their standalone thrillers. This book was set in and it was like a different world. It made me laugh, Jane smoking in pubs, listening to cassettes and the police using carbon paper oh how times have changed.

The Memory Game was a Listened to in audio format. The Memory Game was about recovered memory.

I did not have any sympathy for the star of the book Jane Martello, who was in the grip of a midlife crisis and was either crying or smoking. Jane recently separated from her husband Claude. However Jane's father and patriarch Alan Martello were friends at university. When they left university they stayed friends and Jane and brother Paul grew up with the Martello children.

Jane finds herself in the uncomfortable position of still wanting to be part of the Martello family even though she has separated from Claude. Jane has agreed to design a summer house for the Martello's on their country pile in Shropshire. When the builders start digging however they discover the body of Jane's best friend Natalie Martello who disappeared 25 years earlier.

Jane is distraught over seperating from Claude and finding her best friends body and is advised to see a specialist. She goes to see a therapist called Alex who has a special interest in suppressed memories. He thinks Jane knows what happened to Natalie and encourages her remember. After a number of sessions she 'sees' who murdered Natalie and goes to the police, by is that memory correct? This was another winner from Nicci French, I have most of their books that I am looking forward to listening to. Nov 17, Moira rated it liked it.

Well, this was strange. Then it raises lots of questions about the notion of "recovered memory. At times I simply couldn't put it down. And it was thought provoking in terms of what memory really is. But there were other times when I found it so confusing that I was annoy Well, this was strange. But there were other times when I found it so confusing that I was annoyed. In particular, French wants to establish that there is a large extended family and refers to everyone by their simple, often monosyllabic names.

And she names everyone - ex-wives, children of ex-wives, children's girlfiends, etc, when these people don't even have speaking parts. I found myself often lost. Still, the interesting parts were spell-binding - a good read if the topic sounds intriguing to you. Jan 13, Edgars rated it it was amazing Recommended to Edgars by: Jun 15, Donna Henderson rated it it was ok Shelves: Please note, there will be spoilers.

Before I begin the review, I'd like to mention that one of the first books that really moved me as a reader and actually made me want to write my own novel was the psychological-thriller called Beneath the Skin, by Nicci French. I had immediately been drawn to the dark and frightening 'stalker' plot, the closeness of the first-person point of view, and the 'zoomed-in' attention to detail in description - it had me gripped! However, although I enjoyed reading these books, they never did have that packing punch that Beneath the Skin had delivered to me.

This led my mind to think about something completely different - why does a book become a bestselling book or even a classic? May be there is some kind of universal magic that bonds us all. For me, Beneath the Skin would have to be a Nicci French classic - but then is it a universal book, would it speak out to us all?

This is something we can all consider in our own writing if we are aiming for the bestseller lists. We have to dream big! The Memory Game is Nicci French's first novel, which was released in - and this is clearly evident from the writing. It is full of old-fashioned dialogue and slow-paced writing which I found rather author-lazy and off-putting to read. When we think of thrillers we think of fast-paced, edge-of-our-seat, twisting plot-lines - but this book was very much the opposite.

The beginning was long-drawn out, and introduced too many characters at once, leaving me confused, annoyed and foot-tappingly anxious. I understand that the practice of introducing characters can be a useful tool when we want to create a murder-mystery set-up such as in Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie but it does not work in this book.

The big cast of characters caused me to focus on the 'family tree', which is one of my big pet hates in fiction. The character's should be weaved in effortlessly, and introduced to us in a way in which we will remember them and how they are related.

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In this book it was a case of 'who is this character again? Writing books constantly tell us to axe characters that are merely just extras or side props with no purpose. Even a minor character needs to push the plot forward in some way - whether it's by them prompting a plot action, or through dialogue with the main character to show another side to the main character etc. There is also a big risk of losing a reader for good when the author does not set up an emotional lead character bond early on. I find that readers do not want numerous characters that we only get to know on a superficial level.

You will find that the only time this method works best is in the plot-driven 'who-dunnit' mystery or suspense novel - where the big question is raised, and our intrigue is held. I have come to learn that we must fall in love with our characters early on - we must have an emotional attachment, or a similarity with which we can relate in order for us to care and read on.

Unfortunately, this book and it's characters left me bored. So why did I finish it? Well I have gathered that you can learn a lot from books you dislike and learn all of the sins and bad habits that you would never want to include in your own writing. Nicci French has a terrible habit of giving her characters food and drink addictions - and she throws these over us like confetti when it is really of no importance. In this book it tends to happen in those moments when we are plot focused, wanting answers and actions - and all we are given is a character's burning desire for a skinny mocha or latte, whilst they suck on a yellowing Marlboro.

The character habits are repeated too much in this book, and the habits only really needed to be hinted at once or twice to give us an idea of the lead character's personality. Readers are intelligent and will remember the habit the first time around. Repetition such as this can also show us that a book may have surpassed several, crucial, editing stages. If any one happened to re-read this book, then these flaws would have been clearly evident and likely been removed.

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Personally, I love psychological fiction and traumatised characters, because it is in these types of characters that we learn about the darker sides of humanity; we learn how the weakest of characters can pull through a nightmare situation. The most interesting part of the book happened to hit on the area of psychology - with the psychotherapist and the lead character undertaking sessions, in an attempt to get the character to face her problems the trauma of her missing school friend - who is later found dead - and the murderer having been a family member - ending spoiler!

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The psychotherapist prompts the main character to talk out her feelings while all along we are wondering if she is hiding something that is the bigger answer to the bigger question in the book - what happened to Natalie? I was very disappointed with this book and found it boring to read. I don't like to put works of fiction down, because I do admire any one who manages to write even one novel in their lifetime, however this book just wasn't cutting it for me. However, there are some good reviews of this book on Goodreads, and one person's hate is another person's love! So please don't let my judgement put you off reading the book.

Ironically, even though this is one of the worst books I have read, one of my favourite books as mentioned above happens to be 'Beneath the Skin', and I highly recommend this book to readers who love a psychological-thriller. It takes pride of place on my bookshelf. May 04, Tina rated it really liked it. The central character of this book, Jane has recently split up with her husband. Despite this she still wants to be part of the family as there is a lot of shared history as her father and ex father-in-law are old friends.

There is also their daughter Natalie who went missing 25 years ago who was best friends with Jane. Whilst at a family gathering Natalie's body is discovered. Jane then takes it upon herself to try and solve the mystery of who murdered her friend. This isn't the best Nicci Fren The central character of this book, Jane has recently split up with her husband.

This isn't the best Nicci French book that I have ever read but I did enjoy the story and thought that it was still worthy of four stars. I found Jane to be a very interesting but a very self centred character. I did not guess the ending but I was very aware all through the book that the road she was going down was going to turn out to be the wrong one. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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