Ivy's Review
Mixed Up by Gordon Korman is about Reef, an orphan, and Theo, a gardener. Theo is a gardener who's dad is always telling Theo to be more like him, "Ruling the school." Reef's dad died when he was young, and his mom recently passed away because of the corona virus. One day, Reef experiences something he does not recall doing. Gardening. Meanwhile, across the town, Theo gets memories of "bricks and parking lots and cupolas." Using the cupola he saw, Theo bikes to it, hoping to find answers about why he's remembering things he shouldn't. He meets a girl named Portia whom he remembers from another memory he doesn't recall. When Theo and Reef finally meet, they become determined to find a solution to this memory swapping. Reef, because Theo is getting all his memories of his mom, and Theo, because it becomes increasingly harder for him to remember important things in his daily life, like he address and his locker combination. Together, with Reef's former bully and "brother" and Portia, Reef and Theo try to fix and reverse their memory switching. This book is a combination of science-fiction and fantasy, with bits of humor and the hardships of trying to have thunderstorms.
This book got a 5 out of 5 because it redeemed the 0.25 points it lost with the ending by who wrote it. Gordon Korman is one of my favorite authors. He writes the most incredible books. I love his work and highly recommend you read them, although not the Swindle series, I have no clue what's going on with that one. Mixed Up is really, really good, and I really recommend it. But the ending! Oh my gosh, I just...no. It wasn't the ending I was hoping for and I'm going to stop now otherwise I'm going to spoil it. But you should definitely read this and leave a comment so I can see your thoughts on the ending!
If you like memory-related stuff, science-fiction, kind of fantasy, books by Gordon Korman, and funny bits that make you cry with laughter you should definitely pick this up. If you don't like anything I described, you should still try it because it's amazing!
Also, this is my tenth review! That means I am 20% of the way to getting ARCs! Yay! Anyways, I have four or five more books to review this weekend, so...Bye!