msmisrule 's review for:

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

3.0

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Disappointing so far. The amnesia just seems to be a not-terribly-well executed device for a "nasty girl turned nice" story. I'm hoping it will improve, because I was a huge fan of "Elsewhere" but so far the amnesia is not convincingly realised--it's very pick and choose what Naomi can remember, and she makes references to things she simply wouldn't know about if she's lost the last four years--and anyway, I'm not terribly interested in her. I don't like her very much, which I don't have to to like the book, but I don't care about her (yet) and I'm not convinced by the plot.

I'll check back in if I change my mind.