ARA Review by Andromeda Flynn of The Lost Identity Casualties
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ARA Review by Andromeda Flynn of The Lost Identity Casualties
The Lost Identity Casualties: The Callaghan Tetralogy, volume I by Kim Ekemar is a brilliant novel by an excellent author. It is a first person novel written about Matthias Callaghan, a man that wakes up without memory from a coma, covered in bandages, in a hospital room. He has no idea why he is there or who he is and struggles to remember how he ended up hospitalized. His thoughts throughout this process are very realistic and confused until he begins to rearrange his memory. Once he remembers what happened, he enacts a careful plan of revenge on everyone who wronged him until his life feels like his own again.
I enjoyed this book much more than I imagined I would. The cover of the book makes the book seem as it though it would be more medical or technical without having much flair or personality.
I enjoyed many aspects of this book, most significantly the way in which it was written when going from present to past tenses and the text being italicized. Originally I didn't like that the book was written mostly in italics but that fades as Matthias recovers his memory. It feels as though everything is foggy because it is to Matthias, or that's the way that I precieved the italicized text, however probably unintentional by the author.
Another thing I really enjoyed was that every single character has a reason for existing and is often intricately woven into the story. Every life is explained. There are no coincidences or accidents. I specifically admired how Julie's rapist was the man that died to obtain a face.
I disliked that Matthias took revenge on Julie despite knowing her reasoning of pulling away from him. It was obvious that she loved him and had good reason not to be able to look at him after the transplant, as well as not revealing her past. He should have been more sympathic to her, even if he was no longer in love with her or simply blinded by this plans of revenge. But there may be reason going into more of the series, or maybe Matthias is incapable of love.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars as is it is a very well written book and easy to get captivated within. I enjoyed the character's story, even the side character's lives. It was a pleasure getting to know them and read The Lost Identity Casualties by Kim Ekemar
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