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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The premise of the story is that Alice, on the eve of her 40th birthday, suffers memory loss for the last ten years, bringing her back to her first pregnancy and prior to many changes in her life. Throughout the book, she tries to build a theory of the last ten years while living in the present life of a confident woman of three children, separated from her husband and estranged from her beloved sister. My curiosity was quoted piqued by the depiction of this retrograde amnesiac episode. I wondered if she isn’t be suffering a fugue state and either a trauma related to it or the kind of rare aberration that causes some people to lose knowledge of who they are. What Alice remembers (how to type her password without knowing her password) is also fascinating. Liane Moriarty always writes a book with enough of a twist that it pulls you along.
Enjoyable book to listen to while walking the dog. Interesting character development. I especially liked the last few chapters with a nuanced ending.
Interesting POV (a woman with amnesia), but I liked that Alice’s sis and Franny also shared in telling the story!
I really loved this book. It made me think about how much we are bogged down in our every day lives. There is a good life lesson in the book and it's funny and moving.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed this book! I liked having the focus on the main character for a change, and found it very interesting trying to piece the story back together with the protagonist. Makes me afraid to be a mother!