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A review by couchnest
Loud Awake and Lost by Adele Griffin
3.0
Loud Awake and Lost by Adele Griffin was an interesting story about a girl named Ember who is unsure of her identity after she is in a wreck that causes the death of Anthony. The writing style was a little hard for me to get into, but by the time I was halfway through the book, I was used to it and the story compelled me to finish. I am glad I did. As Ember seeks to recover lost memories of the time period leading up to the accident, she wonders who she had been before the accident. Her best friend and her had had a falling out. Her boyfriend and her had broken up. She had quit dance. All of the things that had made her "her" she had been moving away from... but to what she didn't know.
The story takes the reader on a journey of discovery as Ember slowly regains bits and pieces of her memory to puzzle back together into the full story of who Anthony was, how he came to be in her car, why she had been changing before the accident, and where these revelations will take her into the future. Griffin's book is a fairly fast-paced read. It brought back some sweet first childhood love memories. The revelation of the truth is heartbreaking and bittersweet. Griffin ties it all up together very neatly and gives the reader a satisfying ending with promise. All in all, a great read.
The story takes the reader on a journey of discovery as Ember slowly regains bits and pieces of her memory to puzzle back together into the full story of who Anthony was, how he came to be in her car, why she had been changing before the accident, and where these revelations will take her into the future. Griffin's book is a fairly fast-paced read. It brought back some sweet first childhood love memories. The revelation of the truth is heartbreaking and bittersweet. Griffin ties it all up together very neatly and gives the reader a satisfying ending with promise. All in all, a great read.