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A review by eleni_flores
We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop
3.0
3.5 stars
The only word I can come up with to describe this book is "fine." It wasn't bad, but it never gripped me, either. It's a dual timeline following Katie Cleary as she's an aspiring Olympic skier with a problematic sister, and Liz Sullivan, Katie's reinvented self as she's living in Buenos Aires to escape from the drama of her real life.
The majority of the book builds up to a mysterious but horrible truth about Katie's sister Penny, though I'd say it was less suspenseful and more taunting. When it was finally revealed, I felt a little underwhelmed after all the setup, though I did figure it out fairly early, so that could have been part of it.
Without giving away too much, I'll say that I thought it was a little unrealistic in terms of Katie fleeing the country to avoid recognition for the situation in which her family found itself. Yes, she was an elite athlete, but so few winter sports athletes become that well known across the world that at her level, it didn't seem realistic that her family would get national attention for what her sister did. But that's just my take.
The only word I can come up with to describe this book is "fine." It wasn't bad, but it never gripped me, either. It's a dual timeline following Katie Cleary as she's an aspiring Olympic skier with a problematic sister, and Liz Sullivan, Katie's reinvented self as she's living in Buenos Aires to escape from the drama of her real life.
The majority of the book builds up to a mysterious but horrible truth about Katie's sister Penny, though I'd say it was less suspenseful and more taunting. When it was finally revealed, I felt a little underwhelmed after all the setup, though I did figure it out fairly early, so that could have been part of it.
Without giving away too much, I'll say that I thought it was a little unrealistic in terms of Katie fleeing the country to avoid recognition for the situation in which her family found itself. Yes, she was an elite athlete, but so few winter sports athletes become that well known across the world that at her level, it didn't seem realistic that her family would get national attention for what her sister did. But that's just my take.