The Impossible Knife of Memory

I have moved from one heart-wrenching book to another. Yep. WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF?
Laurie Halse Anderson is one of my favorite authors and TIKM reminded me why.

“The laws of the universe dictate that for every positive action, there is an unequal and sucky reaction.” 

Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road ever since he returned from Iraq, as a veteran, suffering from PTSD. Now they are finally settling in the town where Andy grew up.  Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship.

Will being back home help Andy’s PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over?

The protagonist is so damn tough! Hayley has gone through a lot and yet manages to be witty, humorous and sarcastic, and Finn is such an awesome, nerdy and refreshing character, who also has to suffer.

This book was everything you expect from Laurie Halse Anderson: Compelling, surprising and impossible to put down. For the majority of the book, things are mild, things might seem to go a bit too slow, but wait, the last 70 pages of this book are so freaking emotionally exhausting, I literally cried like a baby.And the ending is oh so good and satisfying.

5 STARS

for this please.
2014 is turning out to be a really good year in books.
  
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