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Liza tries to reacquaint with her long distance friend Molly via Skype. She witnesses an intruder entering Molly's home, which is the catalyst for Liza and Molly's world to be turned upside down. Forgot You Know Me explores relationships and how secrets and tragedies effect them.
Jessica Strawser's characters are vivid and flawed but they become endeared to you, as you root for them to be happy. The story moves quickly and captures your attention as you want to see what happens next. I greatly enjoyed this story. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.
Jessica Strawser's characters are vivid and flawed but they become endeared to you, as you root for them to be happy. The story moves quickly and captures your attention as you want to see what happens next. I greatly enjoyed this story. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.
Liza and Molly, long time best friends, who have grown apart, set up a video chat so they can catch up with each other, during which Liza sees a masked intruder enter Molly's home. The fallout from this event leads to exposing major problems in the marriage of Molly and her husband Daniel. Molly and Daniel have been keeping secrets from each other for years and with all those secrets, the intruder could be any number of people. Still, this isn't a search for the intruder but instead a character study about how two best friends can have grown so far apart and how a marriage that seemed to start out so well, could become so dead.
Liza, the concerned friend, who that same night, loses everything she owns, is a likable and sympathetic character, during an extremely upsetting time in her life. Molly, who suffers from chronic pain and health problems, is an angry, bitter women who has gone to dangerous extremes in order to find help for her pain. Her husband Daniel has his secrets at home and at work, although he appears to be putting in a real effort to mend his relationship with Molly. Both Molly and Liza spent an enormous amount of time overthinking things and their overthinking affects their lives in detrimental ways.
I actually enjoyed reading about the side characters of Max, Henry, and Rick more than reading about Molly and Daniel. Hard to believe these two disconnected people could have such witty children and I spent a lot of the book feeling sorry for the kids and for Molly and Daniel's neighbor, Rick, who is treated horribly by Daniel. I wish this book were easier for me to describe but with all the overthinking of the two women characters, I often felt overwhelmed reading the story. Which brings me to why I probably enjoyed the side characters more than the main characters...the side characters weren't bogged down by the overthinking, run on thoughts, of the main characters.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this Advance Read Copy.
Liza, the concerned friend, who that same night, loses everything she owns, is a likable and sympathetic character, during an extremely upsetting time in her life. Molly, who suffers from chronic pain and health problems, is an angry, bitter women who has gone to dangerous extremes in order to find help for her pain. Her husband Daniel has his secrets at home and at work, although he appears to be putting in a real effort to mend his relationship with Molly. Both Molly and Liza spent an enormous amount of time overthinking things and their overthinking affects their lives in detrimental ways.
I actually enjoyed reading about the side characters of Max, Henry, and Rick more than reading about Molly and Daniel. Hard to believe these two disconnected people could have such witty children and I spent a lot of the book feeling sorry for the kids and for Molly and Daniel's neighbor, Rick, who is treated horribly by Daniel. I wish this book were easier for me to describe but with all the overthinking of the two women characters, I often felt overwhelmed reading the story. Which brings me to why I probably enjoyed the side characters more than the main characters...the side characters weren't bogged down by the overthinking, run on thoughts, of the main characters.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this Advance Read Copy.
QOTD: What is your trick to reconcile with your best friend after you had a bad disagreement?
My Review:
I love reading and reviewing books before they are published. I promised the publishers to always provide an honest review and sometimes it is not an easy thing to do. I am giving a generous three-star rating to this book. The story did not grab me, and I found myself easily distracted while I was reading it. Not to say that you would not like it. The writing is good and there are great life lessons to learn.
This is the story of two best friends who grow apart and whose relationship comes to a near end after a tragic incident. Liza and Molly have been friends since their teens. Liza moved away to Chicago for work and Molly is dealing with major health and financial issues. One night, as they are skyping, Liza witnesses an intruder in Molly’s home while she is attending to her children. She scares the intruder away, but once she tells her friend about it, Molly is acting like it is no big deal. Liza is worried for her friend and drives all night to Cincinnati to find out while Molly is so aloof. When Liza confronts Molly, she gets a cold reception and eventually a slammed door in her face.
This book about their friendship and their separate lives. It was hard to read as there was no real common denominator between the two stories. I was expecting some conjunction to come eventually but did not get one.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my advanced reader’s copy of this book. FORGET YOU KNOW ME by Jessica Strawser will be available at your favorite bookstore on February 5, 2019.
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Best friends. Friends who would do anything for each other, who have been there for each other for years. And then slowly they drift apart. Until one night when these friends need each other more than they ever have. But it just might be too late.
Secrets. Secrets from your best friend, secrets from your spouse. All those secrets. And with secrets, comes danger.
Forget You Know Me hooked me from the very first chapter as I tried to wrap my head around the cause of the estrangement of these two best friends and what all of the secrecy was about. This was definitely a page-turner for me as I watched Molly and Liza struggle with their friendship and their complicated lives.
This is a story that had me thinking about it long after I closed the pages of the book. Jessica Strawser was a new-to-me author and but she has now become one of my must-read authors.
Secrets. Secrets from your best friend, secrets from your spouse. All those secrets. And with secrets, comes danger.
Forget You Know Me hooked me from the very first chapter as I tried to wrap my head around the cause of the estrangement of these two best friends and what all of the secrecy was about. This was definitely a page-turner for me as I watched Molly and Liza struggle with their friendship and their complicated lives.
This is a story that had me thinking about it long after I closed the pages of the book. Jessica Strawser was a new-to-me author and but she has now become one of my must-read authors.
My first read of 2019! It was quite an easy read... Enjoyable... the full review is coming soon :)
*got this book from Netgally in exchange of an honest review!
*got this book from Netgally in exchange of an honest review!
Kept me turning pages. Didn't ask much of me mentally while still having some mystery. Good for a busy season of holiday activities.
Forget you know me is all about friendships and broken relationships. The story is about Molly and Liza, two friends who haven't been connecting and have lost touch with who they are and what there friendship means. An "incident" occurs while they are trying to connect that basically forces them to deal with there relationship issues and etc. I admit I read previous reviews prior to reading this, and all the reviews were accurate. The incident made me intrigued and made me follow down the path that this book was suspenseful. Indeed it was not. The story of marriage and friendship is not intriguing or interesting to me. I definitely can relate to some of this issues the main characters were dealing with, but the story was slow paced. The characters droned on and on about their broken relationships , but never really took action to change their life choices. I wanted so much more from this novel but sadly I did not enjoy it. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book takes the classic BFFs-Growing-Apart and adds some twisty mystery. Liza and Molly live far apart, and are talking on Skype, when Liza sees an intruder in Molly's house. Exciting, right? What is happening? Why won't Molly return her calls? Liza, of course, panics, and drives with her maybe-gay friend Max to find out what's going on.
I couldn't buy into this one. I just couldn't, though I tried, and I really was curious about what was happening. But ultimately the characters lost me. I didn't like them much. The sister in law who snaps during stressful moments, the brother who is obliviously optimistic, the maybe-gay friend who talks to Liza like he's stepped out of a romance novel. Henry, the pilot, who apparently bakes cinnamon rolls for himself every morning... It just wasn't believable for me. I kept waiting for one of them to say, "Wait, seriously? You're a pilot, you travel all the time and yet, you bake cinnamon rolls every morning for one person? Like, you make the dough, let it rise, roll it out.....all of that? You know you can buy them in the pop cans, right?" When no one in the tale questioned these things, I found myself doing it for them, and they just...lost credibility I guess.
Solidly OK, if you can tamp down your disbelief and just ride the roller coaster.
I couldn't buy into this one. I just couldn't, though I tried, and I really was curious about what was happening. But ultimately the characters lost me. I didn't like them much. The sister in law who snaps during stressful moments, the brother who is obliviously optimistic, the maybe-gay friend who talks to Liza like he's stepped out of a romance novel. Henry, the pilot, who apparently bakes cinnamon rolls for himself every morning... It just wasn't believable for me. I kept waiting for one of them to say, "Wait, seriously? You're a pilot, you travel all the time and yet, you bake cinnamon rolls every morning for one person? Like, you make the dough, let it rise, roll it out.....all of that? You know you can buy them in the pop cans, right?" When no one in the tale questioned these things, I found myself doing it for them, and they just...lost credibility I guess.
Solidly OK, if you can tamp down your disbelief and just ride the roller coaster.
I received an advanced reader copy of Forget You Know Me from St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley, in return for my honest opinion.
Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser is a story about secrets the lies we tell to keep our secrets secret. Molly and Liza have been friends since they were kids; Molly’s married with two kids while Liza is single. A couple years ago, Liza relocated for a job and it has taken a toll on their friendship.
One night they plan a video chat to catch up- when Molly steps away from the computer, Liza witnesses a masked man entering the house. Liza frantically drives thru the night to make sure Molly and her family are safe, only to be turned away by Molly. What is Molly hiding? Why doesn’t she trust Liza enough to tell her the truth? Is this the end of their friendship? What happens when an accident causes Liza to move back?
This book started off great but then it got pretty slow. Goodreads classifies this as a mystery/thriller, but I’m not sure I agree with the thriller part. Forget You Know Me is available today, Tuesday, February 5, 2019.
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Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser is a story about secrets the lies we tell to keep our secrets secret. Molly and Liza have been friends since they were kids; Molly’s married with two kids while Liza is single. A couple years ago, Liza relocated for a job and it has taken a toll on their friendship.
One night they plan a video chat to catch up- when Molly steps away from the computer, Liza witnesses a masked man entering the house. Liza frantically drives thru the night to make sure Molly and her family are safe, only to be turned away by Molly. What is Molly hiding? Why doesn’t she trust Liza enough to tell her the truth? Is this the end of their friendship? What happens when an accident causes Liza to move back?
This book started off great but then it got pretty slow. Goodreads classifies this as a mystery/thriller, but I’m not sure I agree with the thriller part. Forget You Know Me is available today, Tuesday, February 5, 2019.
#forgetyouknowme #jessicastrawser #readin2019 #arcs #advancedreadercopy #netgalley #mystery #mysterybooks #stmartinspress
For more of my reviews visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/WhattheBook/ or follow me on Instagram @whatthebook__.
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A page turner that you won’t want to put down.
The book starts with two friends video chatting. Molly has to go check on a crying child and then is when Liz sees a masked man in the house. And this is when this domestic drama filled thrill ride begins. Friendships are tested. A marriage is put to the test. Who is the masked man? Will he return? And why was he there?
A page turner that you won’t want to put down.
The book starts with two friends video chatting. Molly has to go check on a crying child and then is when Liz sees a masked man in the house. And this is when this domestic drama filled thrill ride begins. Friendships are tested. A marriage is put to the test. Who is the masked man? Will he return? And why was he there?