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What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

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peacegirlconnectsworld's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

anemonemily's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

mandyfish's review against another edition

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5.0

A great summer read! It immediately grabbed me and kept me turning the pages right through to the end. It's the first book by this author that I've read, but would definitely read another.

holsterette's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

jenny_nickie's review

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emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Just loved this book. Tore through it. So engaging. What would it feel like to lose a big chunk of your memories? Of your life? This was very well written and I loved all the different stories intertwining.
Narrator was really good!

kfajack27's review

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

3.0

mbenzz's review

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4.0

I expected to absolutely LOVE this book. It's so far from my normal reading, which is mainly Historical Fiction. I loved the premise, and I thought it was a really original idea. Unfortunately, I didn't love it, but I did, for the most part, really enjoy it.

I won't summarize the plot since it's already been done here, but the beginning of the book really grabs you. We meet Alice Love just after her accident at the gym and she thinks it's 1998, not 2008. The first third of the book was awesome. Ms. Moriarty can be very funny without trying too hard, and it was amusing to see Alice try and remember what was going on, and the strange paths her brain would lead her down. After the initial fall and confusion though, things start to slow down. I was waiting and waiting for Alice to come into contact with Nick, her husband who was once the love of her life, yet now she can't stand the sight of him (or so she's being told). Well, that doesn't happen till half-way through the book.

There were times when I felt Alice was acting a bit TOO young. She thinks she's 29, not her actual 39. Well, I myself am 30 years old, and some of the things Alice would say or do seemed kinda inappropriate...even for a 29-year-old. She would giggle at strange times, or carry on a conversation as if she were 19, not 29. I sort of trudged through this part of the book.

The last third of the book makes up for it though. The ending was great, and I loved the epilogue, which takes place 10 years after her accident. I think Alice and Nick have a marriage that is very, very common today, and Ms. Moriarty did a fantastic job of portraying a realistic view of how a couple once madly in love, can drift so far apart and grow to despise one another. How silly little incidents can pile up and pile up till they become so big that it can end a seemingly strong marriage. This was my first book by this author, but I'm definitely gonna check out her previous two novels. So, while the middle slows down a bit, I still absolutely recommend this. Overall, a really good story.

machey36's review

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4.75

I was going to give this five stars until the epilogue. Before the epilogue it seemed to clear that Alice was choosing to be with Dominick . But then you get to the epilogue and all the sudden it's back to Nick again. I wanted her and Nick to end up together but I'd rather the author had stuck with what she wrote at the end instead of going back again in the epilogue.