A dark future, where potable water is scarce, and seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio struggles to learn the secrets of the past to determine how the world came to be the way it is. While learning to become a tea master and eventually take over for her father, Noria learns of the dangerous secret that puts her at risk with the government. She also discovers old technology that reveals even more secrets that she finally must act upon in the hopes that knowledge will help to change the world.Emmi Itäranta is a talented writer, weaving together sentences that create stunning visuals. Memory of Water weaves and falls like water ultimately seeking it's destination. Noria is a wonderful character, both reflective and proactive, and the future Emmi paints is intricate and fascinating. Perhaps rather than writing this in English and Finnish, the author should have had someone translate it into English for her.I don't know if that would have made it a better book, but as it is the writing isn't poetic, it's choppy and flat. And aside from the fact that the author is Finnish, this is just another depressing dystopia for the teen/20 something crowd that really seem to want to believe that there is no hope for the future.
What do You think about Teemestarin Kirja (2012)?
رواية مجنونة و غريبة جدا عجبتنى جدااا واستمتعت بيها
—Babyfly
Ihana kirja! Tykästyin kovasti.(Kunpa ehtisin tästä pian kirjoittamaan blogiinkin.)
—Chris
