I randomly saw this book at my local library. As soon as I saw the familiar title, I was consumed by excitement because it was an older book that I have read around 9 or 10 years ago. I was way younger then.
Although it has been a while since I last thought of this book so it was surprising for me to remember it even. I even forgot a bit of the plot but as I was reading along, I slowly remember bits. While the book is written in a nonlinear timeline so I guess that contributed partly to the reason why I never retained a strong memory for it.
As I was reading the book, I slowly realised that it annoyed me and pissed me off even. I think it was the characters, or the way they acted or the way they have been presented by the writer. I don't remember if I felt the same way a decade ago. But I suspect that I did, hence why I forgot details about the plot. Don't get me wrong the book's writing was great, it was the scenario and the characters that annoyed me. Which makes me wondered why I even got excited when I saw the book in the first place? Was it the memory that I used to read the book a decade ago that got me excited? Like how the book was almost an artifact from my past and I thought, cool I'd check this out again. Only to be disappointed because the book's storyline and characters weren't my cup of tea.
In which due to this experience I came to a conclusion that sometimes a memory from the past is strong. But a memory is only a memory and it will never belong to the present because things have changed.
