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saraheb311's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kaceylaine's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jenlynnsalseg's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
5.0
chazmo1431's review against another edition
4.0
Hallie Evers wakes up in a hospital bed after experiencing a very, very bad day, and things soon go from bad to weird. She’s having vivid dreams of people she doesn’t know and places she hasn’t been that are somehow as familiar as her own memories. She feels like she’s being watched and then followed, and it’s not long before she’s fleeing cross country from an unknown killer.
I Remember You is a twisty thriller that kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. Hallie is a main character with many flaws. She has a family history of metal illness and a personal history with substance abuse that leads the reader to wonder if she’s truly under assault or just being paranoid, further building the suspense page by page. Though I had an inkling of who might be involved with the attacks against Hallie, Freeman really kept me guessing right up to the climactic conclusion. I enjoyed how everything tied together in the end in a way I did not expect, and I appreciated the thorough story wrap-up in the final chapter. 4.5 stars!
I Remember You is a twisty thriller that kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. Hallie is a main character with many flaws. She has a family history of metal illness and a personal history with substance abuse that leads the reader to wonder if she’s truly under assault or just being paranoid, further building the suspense page by page. Though I had an inkling of who might be involved with the attacks against Hallie, Freeman really kept me guessing right up to the climactic conclusion. I enjoyed how everything tied together in the end in a way I did not expect, and I appreciated the thorough story wrap-up in the final chapter. 4.5 stars!
2uysynb1z's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The premise is a bit far fetched but the twists and turns kept me engaged.
becsmars's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
carivinci's review against another edition
sound recording...too creepy to listen to
storymama's review
4.0
Ok so this book hooked me. Maybe because I enjoyed the travel down a former life in Vegas or because it was read to read and absorb idk but I enjoyed it!
This is my first of his books and I thoroughly enjoyed his writing style. I found it very easy to binge read.
I was hooked into the storyline for many reasons, but mostly them stemming from curiosity. I didn't care for or relate to the main character....or many of the characters tbh but that was ok because it made it easier to be ok with any loss that may or may not come throughout the story.
I enjoyed the book a lot and will definitely keep Mr. Freeman on my radar now.
This is my first of his books and I thoroughly enjoyed his writing style. I found it very easy to binge read.
I was hooked into the storyline for many reasons, but mostly them stemming from curiosity. I didn't care for or relate to the main character....or many of the characters tbh but that was ok because it made it easier to be ok with any loss that may or may not come throughout the story.
I enjoyed the book a lot and will definitely keep Mr. Freeman on my radar now.
shelfreflectionofficial's review
4.0
“You’d think that once you die, things can’t really get much worse, but oh no, you’d be wrong. That was when my nightmare began.”
This is a stand alone psychological thriller.
The subtitle for this book should be ‘I see dead people.’ Because Hallie, our protagonist, seems to have a hobby of witnessing murders.
There were a couple things that kept this book from being 5 stars, see below, but overall it was a pretty good read with an ending I surprisingly didn’t figure out.
Would recommend, from Las Vegas to Boston, it’s a wild ride!
Summary
Living with the repressed trauma of supposedly watching her schizophrenic mother kill herself, Hallie’s life has been peppered with bulimia and drugs. On July 4th, after losing her best friend, boyfriend, job, and apartment in one fell swoop the results of her reactive poor choices leaves her dead at a conference for doctors.
Until one doctor miraculously revives her.
But is it a miracle or a nightmare?
She begins remembering things and knowing things that she shouldn’t. Memories of a person dying. Someone else’s memories.
What’s happening to her? Is she turning into her mother?
“Paranoia. That was how it had started with my mother, too.”
That’s Part 1. Background context and Hallie dealing with the paranoia of what’s going on in her head and the suspicion that someone is after her.
Finally it coalesces into a need to escape Las Vegas. All roads lead to Boston.
Part 2.
This is where the action really starts. Part 1 is a bit slow, but now the pace picks up. Hallie is on a mission to figure out who these people are and what really happened in the memories popping into her head.
“No— somewhere, somehow, I had to believe in myself. I was not crazy. I was not inventing another world.”
Comments
First, trigger warning for sexual abuse, bulimia, self-harm, and suicide.
There are a couple scenes where Hallie purges and attempts to hurt or kill herself.
There are some f-words (11 f-words, 27 s-words) but they are more heavy in the first part than the rest of the book and almost all of them are in the context of Hallie’s angry outbursts at people.
There is also some sexual content. There is a painter who paints nude portraits. So there are some descriptions of the pictures and during the painting of the picture.
At first I didn’t think I was going to like this book. The first part was not my favorite, but it got better as it went along.
Although I didn’t like Hallie’s profanity, I did like her character (maybe not right away). She was highly intelligent and bold. She had a bit of a ‘I’ve got nothing to lose’ mentality throughout the book which made it more exciting. She wasn’t hiding behind her trauma and insecurity, she charged ahead to get answers. And yet, she wasn’t entirely reckless because she was smart.
If you are interested in the setting of the wealthy Newport families and mysterious deaths, definitely read An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch.
If you are interested in the idea of a person’s memories being in someone else’s head, check out Memory Lane by Sara Sheppard. Quite a few similarities.
If you like fast-paced thrillers, check out some of Brian Freeman’s other books!
**Received an ARC via NetGalley**
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This is a stand alone psychological thriller.
The subtitle for this book should be ‘I see dead people.’ Because Hallie, our protagonist, seems to have a hobby of witnessing murders.
There were a couple things that kept this book from being 5 stars, see below, but overall it was a pretty good read with an ending I surprisingly didn’t figure out.
Would recommend, from Las Vegas to Boston, it’s a wild ride!
Summary
Living with the repressed trauma of supposedly watching her schizophrenic mother kill herself, Hallie’s life has been peppered with bulimia and drugs. On July 4th, after losing her best friend, boyfriend, job, and apartment in one fell swoop the results of her reactive poor choices leaves her dead at a conference for doctors.
Until one doctor miraculously revives her.
But is it a miracle or a nightmare?
She begins remembering things and knowing things that she shouldn’t. Memories of a person dying. Someone else’s memories.
What’s happening to her? Is she turning into her mother?
“Paranoia. That was how it had started with my mother, too.”
That’s Part 1. Background context and Hallie dealing with the paranoia of what’s going on in her head and the suspicion that someone is after her.
Finally it coalesces into a need to escape Las Vegas. All roads lead to Boston.
Part 2.
This is where the action really starts. Part 1 is a bit slow, but now the pace picks up. Hallie is on a mission to figure out who these people are and what really happened in the memories popping into her head.
“No— somewhere, somehow, I had to believe in myself. I was not crazy. I was not inventing another world.”
Comments
First, trigger warning for sexual abuse, bulimia, self-harm, and suicide.
There are a couple scenes where Hallie purges and attempts to hurt or kill herself.
There are some f-words (11 f-words, 27 s-words) but they are more heavy in the first part than the rest of the book and almost all of them are in the context of Hallie’s angry outbursts at people.
There is also some sexual content. There is a painter who paints nude portraits. So there are some descriptions of the pictures and during the painting of the picture.
At first I didn’t think I was going to like this book. The first part was not my favorite, but it got better as it went along.
Although I didn’t like Hallie’s profanity, I did like her character (maybe not right away). She was highly intelligent and bold. She had a bit of a ‘I’ve got nothing to lose’ mentality throughout the book which made it more exciting. She wasn’t hiding behind her trauma and insecurity, she charged ahead to get answers. And yet, she wasn’t entirely reckless because she was smart.
If you are interested in the setting of the wealthy Newport families and mysterious deaths, definitely read An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch.
If you are interested in the idea of a person’s memories being in someone else’s head, check out Memory Lane by Sara Sheppard. Quite a few similarities.
If you like fast-paced thrillers, check out some of Brian Freeman’s other books!
**Received an ARC via NetGalley**
Book Review Blog | Facebook | Pinterest
devinmoscovitz's review
2.0
This would have been better as a movie. The story was good but the book was just too long with too many subplots and characters that weren’t fully developed.