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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed this book thoroughly! Great job pacing and the characters are relatable and more developed than expected.
Hitting my Top 20 favourite books of all time, this book had my full attention for the entire time I was reading.
Aside from being a great read, it really made me question the stupid things I hold onto- so what if I give in and let my husband win this petty fight. Does it really matter if I look like a supermum to the other women at school? A great lesson in holding onto what matters, and letting go of everything else.
Aside from being a great read, it really made me question the stupid things I hold onto- so what if I give in and let my husband win this petty fight. Does it really matter if I look like a supermum to the other women at school? A great lesson in holding onto what matters, and letting go of everything else.
Love love love this book!! I can so relate to Alice-the young and the old! Minus the amnesia! Ha!! It was a great combo of light, funny, entertaining, thought provoking and heart breaking all at once. Read it. Now.
When I first picked up the book and began to read, I knew the book would grab me. It did. Unfortunately life happened and I had to return the book to the library unfinished. I picked it up again a month later and was hooked.
The premise of the story is the main character, Alice, fell down during a spin (bicycle) class at her gym. When she regains consciousness she learns that the year is 2008, however, Alice is most certain the year is actually 1998 and she is pregnant with the Sultana and married to Nick.
Memories are not coming back to her from those ten years, and her family is forced to inform her of what all has been going on during them...
We learn about the ten years as Alice is told about them from her family and close friends. The major characters of the book are her husband Nick, his father, her mother, Franny (her grandmother), and her sister Libby. Intermixed into the chapters about Alice are letters from Franny to a man named Phil and Libby to her psychiatrist.
The part of this novel that was most confusing to me was that it takes places in Australia. I knew nothing about the author or the novel before reading and so when they say Nick is in Melbourne, I thought he was oceans away, but it turns out he's just hours away. Once I knew this information, parts of the novel made a lot more sense.
The novel reads like a mystery. You don't know what happened during the ten years and there is a huge lingering question...
There are surprises along the way and I think the novel ends in a positive way, although I do think the ending might be a little too ribbon wrapped.
The character of Alice is interesting... she is apparently an uptight bitch (no other way to describe her) in her late 30s but was a careful person as a 29 year-old. I found her annoying in the beginning and then insufferable in the end. The novel does end on a good note with her character and I think this helped my opinion of her.
This novel receives 4 stars because of the content.
Reading this novel gave me inspiration on how to be a better spouse. Life is too short to spend time arguing over little things that don't matter in the end.
The premise of the story is the main character, Alice, fell down during a spin (bicycle) class at her gym. When she regains consciousness she learns that the year is 2008, however, Alice is most certain the year is actually 1998 and she is pregnant with the Sultana and married to Nick.
Memories are not coming back to her from those ten years, and her family is forced to inform her of what all has been going on during them...
Spoiler
Including the fact that she's the mother to three children and currently separated from her dear husband Nick... with intentions of divorcing him asap.We learn about the ten years as Alice is told about them from her family and close friends. The major characters of the book are her husband Nick, his father, her mother, Franny (her grandmother), and her sister Libby. Intermixed into the chapters about Alice are letters from Franny to a man named Phil and Libby to her psychiatrist.
The part of this novel that was most confusing to me was that it takes places in Australia. I knew nothing about the author or the novel before reading and so when they say Nick is in Melbourne, I thought he was oceans away, but it turns out he's just hours away. Once I knew this information, parts of the novel made a lot more sense.
The novel reads like a mystery. You don't know what happened during the ten years and there is a huge lingering question...
Spoiler
Why is she divorcing Nick and what caused this tension?There are surprises along the way and I think the novel ends in a positive way, although I do think the ending might be a little too ribbon wrapped.
The character of Alice is interesting... she is apparently an uptight bitch (no other way to describe her) in her late 30s but was a careful person as a 29 year-old. I found her annoying in the beginning and then insufferable in the end. The novel does end on a good note with her character and I think this helped my opinion of her.
This novel receives 4 stars because of the content.
Spoiler
I am even more grateful for my husband and I think this novel gives me insight into how children can essentially destroy a marriage if it's not strong. Of course, children didn't destroy this marriage, but I could see how easy it would be to get involved in the lives of your children and not make time for yourself or your marriage. Also, work (especially for men) can become consuming and if your spouse is constantly critiquing you at home... I can see why you'd want to spend more time at work.Reading this novel gave me inspiration on how to be a better spouse. Life is too short to spend time arguing over little things that don't matter in the end.
I’m officially in my Liane Moriarty will-read-anything-she-writes era. Her writing is just so vivid and emotional—it’s like you’re plopped right into the story, trying to untangle life with her wonderfully messy characters. This one wasn’t my absolute favorite of hers, but I still had a great time reading it. The whole “what if you lost the last 10 years of your memory?” concept totally hooked me and even led to a fun convo with my boyfriend about what we’d forget… and what (or who) would still be around!
The beginning was interesting, but the more information that Alice got back about her life, the less interested I became. Yet again, I was disappointed by a perfunctory wrap-up in an epilogue of just 13 pages. A superficial read.
Surprisingly light for what I expected from the author. The characters didn’t feel terribly real to me and I didn’t engage with them or the story as much as I’d hoped.
To be fair, I’m realizing that I no longer enjoy “chick lit.”
To be fair, I’m realizing that I no longer enjoy “chick lit.”
I liked the premise because it made me think about what I would think about how my life if I lost ten years of it. The characters drove me up a wall, though, because they didn't answer Alice's questions and were so impatient with her and kept saying "Surely you remember X?! How could you forget?!" Because he doesn't remember ANYTHING about the last ten years??