Reviews - We Came Here to Forget: A Novel

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We Came Here to Forget: A Novel

Andrea Dunlop

3.81 AVERAGE

kaileemichelle's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

jodifur's review against another edition

3.0

This is a book written from two perspectives, the narrator in the present and the narrator in the past. The chapters in the past are impossible to put down, and the chapters in the present are not that interesting, at least to me. That makes this a very uneven read. While this is supposed to be suspenseful, the "big twist" is so obvious you can see it coming from a mile away. All of that being said, this is a good book, the author is a very good writer, and at about 80% in I didn't want to put the book down.

georginawhalen's review against another edition

0.5

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sara22274's review against another edition

5.0

This book was hard to put down. I loved how the author told the story and it really kept my interest the entire way. It’s a novel about life lived and lost and then regained. Very much recommended.

helloitsmeredith's review against another edition

3.0

I absolutely loved this book in the sense that I hated it for how well Andrea Dunlop wrote! She weaved a tangled web of duality in her stories that was occasionally hard to follow, although that could have been because I was skipping ahead, anxious to find out what the next chapters had to offer. Andrea Dunlop paints the mystical realms of high-performance olympians, along with the intrigue of international travel, as safe escapes from a reality that is certainly more intense, if not tremendously more pressure. The American judicial system in its full glory, aided fully by the fuel that is public opinion. The suspense is muted in this read, although the devastation as we find out Katie's secrets still holds just as much impact. For me, it felt like a knife to the gut as I read about what led the protagonist to where she was, and for all my horror, I can appreciate the author's tremendous skill. It takes guts to write a story that is so blatantly distasteful, and make it not only understandable, but lends the villain as an empathetic, relatable character. Andrea Dunlop is a 100/10 always! We Came Here to Forget is a piece that is so amazingly written that while it wow's! it also leaves you feeling absolutely bereaved. It isn't that the ending is sad, but rather seeks closure in such an open-ended way (very reminiscent of how real grief is felt), that the final wisps of hope leave you feeling satisfied but also utterly bereft.

soule_soph's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

brennie192's review against another edition

2.0

I was ready to give this book 3 stars until our protagonist gets pregnant near the end. The pregnancy could have been removed and the book’s ending been just as satisfying. At some point I would like writers to recognize that a woman can have motivations or character change that isn’t predicated on having children.