Siri, Who Am I? - Sam Tschida

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Release Date: 12th January 2021

Mia doesn't know her name yet. After waking up in hospital with Amnesia, all she knows is where she is and not a lot else. She's well dressed, well groomed - she looks pretty wealthy so that's a good start. And when a nurse hands her a very broken IPhone, it's time to start putting the puzzle together. In a world where everything is meticulously documented on Instagram, it doesn't take long to figure out who she was ... or at least who she was pretending to be under the glamourous filters.

After using Uber to figure out where she lives, she stumbles across Max, science student slash house-sitter and they embark on a mission to find out exactly what caused Mia to lose her memory - and maybe it's not the accident she was made to think it was.

This was a hilarious mix-up of millenial humour and a classic mystery - with an iconically witty style and full of hysterical cringe-inducing moments. A farcial take on our obsession with social media culture and once you realise this isn't meant to be a serious mystery you can settle into the utterly absurd antics of Mia and Max on their quest to find the missing memories. I adored the Pop culture references (Hello, Keanu Reeves and Kristen Bell) and the footnotes left along the way, like the little afterthoughts we all have a few seconds too late.

I found it really hard to connect with Mia as a character, which unfortunately made it very difficult as we approached the last half of the book for me to stay invested in her mission and keep up with the unfolding drama around her - sometimes I felt like the shock factor went just a little too far for me and made it very difficult to peice together. This was definitely a fun little read with an interesting idea, and while I personally couldn't find myself dying to know what happened I'm definitely glad I was there to get to the finish line with Mia.

If you're looking for something light, fluffy and funny to suspend your reality for a while - I think you'll like "Siri, Who Am I?"

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Sam Tschida and NetGalley for an reviewers copy of this book in return for an honest review.

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