Eerie and fucked-up. However, it kept giving me a sense of warmth. I liked it. No, I loved it. I think I'm done with my reading slump. Full Romanian rEerie and fucked-up. However, it kept giving me a sense of warmth. I liked it. No, I loved it. I think I'm done with my reading slump. Full Romanian review to come....more
I started reading this at the beach because I wanted a light (maybe Sandra Brown-esque) read. Well it wasn't a light read. I dare say it was such a heI started reading this at the beach because I wanted a light (maybe Sandra Brown-esque) read. Well it wasn't a light read. I dare say it was such a heavy one I couldn't breathe. I'm sad that - probably - none of Colleen Hoover's books will affect me as this one did....more
"Nick, you will never believe how this man spoke to me. You will want to punch him in the nose when you hear. Except it's so strange, because it wa"Nick, you will never believe how this man spoke to me. You will want to punch him in the nose when you hear. Except it's so strange, because it was you, Nick, you were the man."
I'm a wreck right now. I wasn't ready for this book and I'm not ready for it to end. I can't believe how much dedication I put into this book and how affected I was while reading it, but that's what Liane Moriarty does to your mind. She makes you doubt every sentence and question every paragraph, while continuously determining you to keep reading further and further. And that's only soccer moms and family drama, imagine what she could do with other topics and genres!
What Alice Forgot is a story about life and about living. What would you do if you couldn't remember the last ten years of your life? If right now you're 29 years old, waiting for a baby, and in the next moment you're almost forty, with three kids and a divorce on its way? What would you do if you completely lost not only a decade of your life, but also some of the most beautiful moments you'd ever get to live?
That's what happened to Alice Love.
"She stopped and looked at the woman in the mirror and watched her bottom lip drop in awe. She looked, well, she had to say that she looked pretty good. She turned side to side and observed herself over one shoulder. An attractive, elegant, slim woman. The sort of woman she never thought it was possible for her to be. She had become one of those women, those other women, who had seemed too perfectly put together to be real."
In this book, Alice tries to get to know the new, bitchy version of herself, a person she allowed herself to become. She might not agree with bitchy Alice on some terms, but as time goes by, secrets begin to uncover and her new life starts to reconstruct. Maybe this is how she's supposed to be now. Maybe that's her.
What makes this book even more compelling is the contribution of secondary characters. Elizabeth and Frannie, Nick and Barbara, and even the much enigmatic Gina. Each of these characters has a story of their own, a story that you can't fully understand until you finish the book. Lies and secrets surround Alice, some of them she created.
Alice said, "You know, Madison, people are going to say mean things to you all through your life, and if you keep reacting like that, you're going to end up in jail." Madison seemed to consider that. Alice wondered whether her wise, tough-love words were sinking in. "Actually, I'm too young for jail," said Madison. "Well, now you are, but when you're grown up-" "When I'm grown-up it won't matter." "You mean, you won't care if you go to jail? I think you will." Madison rolled her eyes. "No, I won't care if people say mean things to me, because I'll be grown up. I can just say, 'Who cares? I'm going to France.'"
Right now I'm torn between reading all of Liane Moriarty's other books and reading anything but that. Her works are so beautifully and realistically written that they need to be savoured, not rushed. But I still don't know....more
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