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A review by emmaward55
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Did not finish book.
DNF'ed about an hour and ten minutes into the audiobook.
This was so hard to listen to. Bad writing and unlikeable characters littered the several chapters I managed to force myself through. I could say a lot about it, but I try not to shit talk books even if I don't like them. What I'll say is this: the writing lacks structure, constantly drops the tension to pivot to unimportant characters and tangents, often makes very little sense and frustrated the hell out of me.
It's especially a shame because both the premise and summary of the book are great and I wanted to power through the book's many faults to get some kind of reward, but I lost hope after it took five full chapters for Alice and various medical professionals to even realise that she had amnesia.
My recommendation is to save yourself the time and google the plot. It's certainly what I'll be doing.
This was so hard to listen to. Bad writing and unlikeable characters littered the several chapters I managed to force myself through. I could say a lot about it, but I try not to shit talk books even if I don't like them. What I'll say is this: the writing lacks structure, constantly drops the tension to pivot to unimportant characters and tangents, often makes very little sense and frustrated the hell out of me.
It's especially a shame because both the premise and summary of the book are great and I wanted to power through the book's many faults to get some kind of reward, but I lost hope after it took five full chapters for Alice and various medical professionals to even realise that she had amnesia.
My recommendation is to save yourself the time and google the plot. It's certainly what I'll be doing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage and Death of parent