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I Remember You by Cathleen Davitt Bell

lilitrepins's review against another edition

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toooo cringe. really it just felt like a book meant for a middle schooler. 

natidelgadov's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5
Es un libro que me gustó, se lee muy rápido y además tiene una protagonista muy fuerte (algo que normalmente no se ve en los libros). Aún no se que fue lo que no me hizo disfrutar tanto este libro, pero lo que pasó fue que no logré comprender la forma en la que ambos protagonistas lidiaron con el problema principal.

allibruns's review against another edition

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5.0

But Lucas, the memory of him, the memory of who I was when I was with him, it was always there. I said I would never forget. And I didn't. Lucas: I remember you.



I loved this. I am not sure that this is for everyone, there is a certain mystical/fantasy element that you just have to buy into, which is central to the plot but this worked for me. I loved Juliet's voice and my favorite thing was that this story is told by Juliet as an adult looking back on her 16 year old self, knowing she will never feel this exact way again. The story is told like a memory, some parts in excruciating detail and some parts fuzzy and disjointed. The heart racing feelings of first love are caputred so beautifully. Juliet acknowledges her own mistakes as she looks back on all of the warning signs she ignored.

While reading this I was afraid that it would be sad in over minipulated way, espically with all the comparisons to The Time Traveler's Wife but it broke my heart in a completely ordinary way.

I absolutely loved this.

megz88's review against another edition

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5.0

It was hard to read sometimes, but I kept on wanting to read. I really liked it.

kimching232's review against another edition

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3.0

I Remember You

Actual rating: 3.5

Thank you, Cathleen Bell and Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book!

When Lucas drops a pen in class and Juliet picks it up, he looks into her eyes and remembers their first kiss in the rooftop. So he takes Juliet up the rooftop, kisses her, but ends up freaking her out. Then he explains that he keeps seeing these "memories" of them, which turns out to be memories of the future.

I had great expectations for this book because when I read the synopsis, I immediately wanted to read it! I felt my hands tingling, and I looked for ways to get a hold of a copy the minute I clicked "Want to Read" on Goodreads. However, the book didn't live up to my expectations.

The romance in this book was too fast paced for me. After the kiss that freaked out Juliet, they immediately liked each other, and they were heads over heels with each other in the first few chapters of the book. Aside from the romance however, there was not much happening to the story.

There were also times when I felt like my orientation with the timeline of events were off. I didn't know that a certain amount of time had passed, and would only know about it in the latter chapters. But, what I hated the most was the fact that Juliet became a bitch to everyone aside from Lucas when they got together. I just hated the personality change and it almost came to the point when I couldn't stand her anymore.

Fortunately, for me and for this book, it began to pick up towards the last half of the book. Now it's not to say that I loved all of the last half, but I began to like it. If I were to judge just based on the last half, I would probably give it 4.0 stars. Things began to make more sense and the timeline was clearer. The story also began to progress.

Towards the last 20% or so of the book, I began to love it. Things began to be really amazing, and it lived up to the expectations that I had before I read the book.

Overall, this book didn't live up to my expectations as a whole, but I liked it more and more as the story progressed.

khairun_atika's review against another edition

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3.0

Filled with dark humour and dry wit, this is the kind of book that made me embrace young adult fiction. I Remember You is the story of the whimsical, charming Lucas, who believes that he dreams of the future and uses this to convince overachiever Juliet that while they will eventually fall in love, they will also break up, and that she will forget him. While Lucas seemed to accept this fact, he is also mourning for the eventual loss, while Juliet perseveres not to let his dreams become a reality. Lucas and Juliet are both strong-willed, making this a very enjoyable, intriguing read. The dynamics of their relationship are quirky yet realistic, and through it all, it delivers a beautiful ending. A wonderful read :)

bravemaeve's review against another edition

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3.0

Ugh, I knew this would suck. Insta-love, awful insta-love. I really hate romance novels and that was all this was. I only gave it three stars for the good writing and Lucas' interesting condition. But instead of focusing more on what was behind Lucas' ability to predict the future, the author just wasted it on romance and angsty scenes. I honestly don't like Lucas and think he's abusive, poorly-developed, and just a straight up jerk. That being said I didn't struggle to finish partly because the condition interested me and you know, the foreshadowing of his death THAT NEVER HAPPENED. Sorry I was really waiting for him to die off but whatevs, it's cool. So yeah, this book kind of sucked and was full of insta-love and boring characters. I wouldn't recommend. At least this book was a gift because I would definitely have never picked up this novel in the first place.

lissherondale's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5

OK. at first I was kind of sad because it's not a time traveling book. at all. But then I got annoyed with the characters not that much with the story but more with Juliet. She's absolutely stupid and naive. The love story is not really believable. But the situations were all right. And Lucas were ok. he made me feel things sometimes...

At the ending things improve. I was really into it and the feels I was expecting me to cry but nope. She just finish the book with Juliet on the plane. Seriously?! at least we deserve a recount between Juliet and Lucas! Agh I'm very annoyed with the ending.


This is not as romantic as I thought it will be. But is a fine reading. Could be a lot better

wombat_88's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

amarylissw's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars.

This book is written in a more diary format, so it was a bit harder for me to get into. However, this did kind of work well for the story, giving it a bit of a nostalgic feel.

Overall, though, the story was a bit odd, the romance fast-moving and sometimes sweet but sometimes annoying, and the characters underdeveloped and at times unlikeable. The writing was decent, though there were some really weird sentences and descriptions.

Not too bad, but it was nothing special.