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nycthemeron 's review for:
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
by Gabrielle Zevin
I loved this book on the whole, because I found Naomi's plight thought-provoking, and I enjoyed reading about the various characters, especially Will. However, there were a few things that I took issue to. I thought that there wasn't enough of an apparent disconnect in Naomi's thoughts and behaviour once she recovered her memory. The Naomi of the preceding pages seemed nearly identical to the Naomi of the following ones.
Throughout the entire book, we've been hearing about how different Naomi was prior to her accident and were shown glimpses of her life and personality through the eyes of others. But there wasn't enough of the previous Naomi as defined by herself, through her eyes. We didn't get to learn exactly why she fell in love with the yearbook in the first place, or who her other friends were (besides Will and Ace), or why she even began keeping a food diary. The dichotomy between the two Naomis wasn't fully reconciled, in my opinion. A lot changes in four years, and although the book does a good job at covering the external changes (i.e. her parents' divorce, yearbook, meeting Will), not a lot is delved into how Naomi changed internally within the span of that time. The amnesiac Naomi is bewildered by her apparent love for tennis and yearbook, but the post-amnesiac Naomi seems little altered by the recovery of her memory.
Throughout the entire book, we've been hearing about how different Naomi was prior to her accident and were shown glimpses of her life and personality through the eyes of others. But there wasn't enough of the previous Naomi as defined by herself, through her eyes. We didn't get to learn exactly why she fell in love with the yearbook in the first place, or who her other friends were (besides Will and Ace), or why she even began keeping a food diary. The dichotomy between the two Naomis wasn't fully reconciled, in my opinion. A lot changes in four years, and although the book does a good job at covering the external changes (i.e. her parents' divorce, yearbook, meeting Will), not a lot is delved into how Naomi changed internally within the span of that time. The amnesiac Naomi is bewildered by her apparent love for tennis and yearbook, but the post-amnesiac Naomi seems little altered by the recovery of her memory.