Remember Me?
Ratings68
Average rating3.5
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Ratings68
Average rating3.5
With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament....When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she's in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident--in a Mercedes no less--Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she's about to find out just how much things have changed. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband--who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she...well, seems to be. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does?From the Hardcover edition.
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Can't say I enjoyed the book because I didn't like any of the characters almost until the end (I only liked Lexi from the beginning). But the story overall was ok.
I listened to the audiobook. This is not my favorite Sophie Kinsella book. I'm not a fan of the Shopaholic series but have always liked Sophie's other stories. Since the audiobooks tend to be edited a bit and the reader can have a huge impact on the tone of the story, I don't entirely blame the story itself.
Lexie wakes up from a crap night at a bar to discover she is now married, wealthy and in a high-powered position at work – three years later. She must try to figure out her life and whether she really wants the life she's built. In the end, the romance in the story seems to play a small role in the overall story so the conclusion seems a little sudden. Again, this could be the “edited for audiobook format” at fault and not the actual story.
Coincidentally, I picked up the paperback of this book a good year after listening to the audiobook and didn't realize it was the same story. Sadly, the book didn't engage me anymore than the audiobook did.
Not as fun as I expected it to be, but still nice.
It was a really bad day for Lexi Smart. She didn't get a bonus because she missed the qualifications by one week, her loser boyfriend stood her up, tomorrow is her dad's funeral, and she was standing in the rain waiting for a taxi. Desperate to get home, she chased after a taxi and fell down the steps. It was her last memory in 2004.
Lexi woke up in a hospital, and soon found out that it's now 2007! Her doctor informs that she got into a car accident five days ago, and now she's suffering from amnesia. Lexi's memories are blank for the past three years.
Apparently, many things has changed in Lexi's life during those years. She stares in disbelief at the mirror to see that she has supermodel-like, perfect appearance. Soon she finds out all the other things: she has an LV bag, drives a Mercedes, she's now the director in her office, and she is married to a handsome multimillionaire. They're living in a gorgeous house, and Lexi has a room just for her huge wardrobe. At first she thought it was her dream life. That is, until Lexi realizes that her ‘new' life is not as perfect as she thinks it is.
All that she wants to do is to hang out with her old friends, so she tries to talk to them — only to find out that they hate her. To them, Lexi is an ambitious bitch-boss-from-hell who doesn't give a damn about her subordinates. There's also Jon Blythe, her husband's lead architect, who's hinting that he knows her more than anyone else do.
With her memory gone, Lexi can't possibly keep up with her important job at work, and her ex-boss is eyeing her position. How is she going to get everything right? Her friends, her job, her marriage — it's all starting to crumble apart before her eyes. All this time, Lexi tries to figure out who she really is... and where her heart truly belongs.
The idea of amnesia never fails to grow into an interesting story. This one is light and fun, with likeable characters — just as expected from Sophie Kinsella. Lexi is a realistic main character. Just like her, I couldn't stop turning the pages, wanting to find out what actually happened in those missing years.
Because of the theme, Remember Me? feels more serious and less wacky compared to Can You Keep a Secret? or The Undomestic Goddess. Still, it has its fun moments. It ended rather too abruptly for me, but it's a good ending, so it's all good. :)
so cute. Sad, but absolutely cute. I will sound like a prude, but I hated the fact that she had spent 8 months cheating. It took off the sweetness of the story somehow.
