Remember Me?
by Sophie Kinsella
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Book Reviews of Remember Me?
Book Review: Remember Me?
Summary: 5 Stars
The day was crappy and the evening worse. As far as Lexi Smart was concerned, life couldn't get any worse. She was out with her friends celebrating their bonuses, her loser boyfriend stood her up, and she had to attend her father's funeral the following day. Caught in the rain in search of a nonexistent taxi, Lexi was fed up and frustrated. She had a low level job with limited prospects, a loser for a boyfriend and little hope of doing better. She was a the snaggly-toothed, stood up, no bonus girl whose dad just died. Spotting a taxi Lexi ran after it, but her stupid, cheap, shiny-soled boots slipped out from under her, and the pavement came up to meet her.
Lexi woke up in a hospital, not really sure what happened or how she got there. She remembers the crappy day and horrible night, but that was three years ago. She didn't recognize the woman in the mirror. When did she get her teeth straightened, her hair dyed, and what happened to the extra weight she used to carry around? She was supposedly married to a drop-dead gorgeous millionaire, and the boss of her own department at work. There was only one possible explanation. She must have died and gone to heaven. This couldn't be her life.
It didn't take Lexi long to realize that all was not right in her fairy-tale world. Her friends were no longer her friends, she had a reputation for being the bitch-boss from hell, her husband acted like a pre-programmed robot that didn't know how to respond outside of the set parameters, and her husband's architect claimed to be her secret lover.
Lexi's struggle to mesh the past and the present into a life she would live with is both heart-wrenching and laugh-out-loud funny. The story-line is a well used one, but Sophie Kinsella added so many unexpected twists and turns that it didn't feel worn or clichéd. Remember Me is a fast, easy read that will keep you snickering right up to the end.
Book Review: Not funny, annoying characters, no fun.
Summary: 1 Stars
I know there are a lot of readers who love this author and find her books funny. I wanted to like this book, but I couldn't. I had a grimace on my face as I read much of it. Lexi is an incompetent, foolish klutz. As embarrassing or unfortunate things happened to her, Lexi's knee jerk reactions were to "fake it" or to lie to others and to herself. I could not find any sympathy for Lexi, and I did not admire anything about her other than something she did at the end of the book. Lexi had a horrible sister who was a scam artist and stole from her own family. Lexi's mother was in denial and wouldn't help Lexi with her lost memories. These people were no fun to read about. I found no humor in any of this.
Story brief: In 2004, Lexi works for a carpet company at the low end of the pay scale. In 2007, she has a car accident and wakes up not remembering anything about the previous three years. She finds that during those three years, she became a high paid executive at the carpet company. She was tough on her employees and they disliked her. She also found she was married to someone she had no memory of.
I loved this author's earlier book "Can You Keep a Secret," which had me laughing a lot. Maybe the reason I liked it was because much of the story involved Jack. Jack asked Emma questions in front of other people and as she answered the questions with lies, she knew that he knew she was lying. Unfortunately I didn't find similar or any humor in "Remember Me?"
Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: none. Setting: 2007 London. Copyright: 2008. Genre: chick lit.
For a list of my reviews of other Sophie Kinsella books, see my 5 star review of "Can You Keep a Secret" posted 2/21/07.
Book Review: Sophie Kinsella Strikes The Mother Lode of Chick Lit Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Fresh, fun, and fabulous describes Kinsella's newest heroine, the indefatigable Lexie Smart. Waking up in a hospital bed and realizing she has lost three years of her life is no laughing matter, but being fascinated by her shiny new hair, pearly white teeth, ultra-toned body, and eye-catching manicure softens the blow. Frustrated by not remembering anything past the night when, at age 25, the snaggle-toothed carpet seller was getting smashed with her best friends after losing out on a company bonus and being stood up by her loser boyfriend the night before her Dad's funeral, Lexie begins an often frustrating but always interesting journey to find out how she became, at age 28, a senior executive of her company, married to a handsome husband she can't remember, and at home in a posh loft apartment with pieces of furniture and art she could never dream of affording.
Her new life is too perfect until she discovers her former friends want nothing to do with her, her husband's right-hand man tells her they are having an affair, and her sweet baby sister has become an extortionist. How Lexie sorts out what happened in the missing three years will have you alternately gasping and laughing. Sure, you may have to suspend reality a bit, but the trade-off is an entertaining story that is light and breezy and sure to be a hit with Kinsella's legions of fans. I never thought she'd be able to top the fun of the Shopaholic books, but I think she actually did it with this one. Not only is Lexie as endearing as Becky Bloomwood, but the story is much more suspenseful as little by little we come to understand what happened to Lexie to move her out of her struggling, lackluster existence to become the shining star of her crowd.
Book Review: Great, fast read!
Summary: 5 Stars
What would happen if you woke up and could only remember from 2004 to the present? That's what happened to 27 year-old Lexi. She was in a car accident and when she awakes, she can only remember an accident where she fell 3 years previously, and everything else is blank. She can remember being in a club with her friends, Fi, Carolyn and Debs. They were drinking banana cocktails and Lexi was upset that Dave stood her up. Then she wakes up in the hospital. But what's amazing is that from the moment she can remember, everything changed. She had her teeth fixed and she went on a TV show called Ambition and met Eric. Eric is now her husband and she doesn't even know him. Then, at work, she got a huge promotion. Her friends Fi, Carolyn, and Debs now hate and ignore her. She has a new best friend, Rosalie. Her cute little sister has turned into a hellion and all her mother does is talk to her dogs. How did all of this happen? Will anyone help her fill in the blank spots and will she ever get her life back?
Sophie Kinsella is SUCH a great author and this book is no exception. It's a book that anyone can enjoy. I felt for Lexi, because she woke up in this life that she has no idea about, decides to make the best of it and to figure out what happened to her. And she wants to figure out how she became "the cobra" at work and why everyone there hates her. She also meets Jon, an architect, who works with her husband, that she might have more to do with than she can imagine. All the characters are vivid and colorful. You'll hope Lexi can turn things around and remember everything. This is an awesome book and highly recommended read.
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Book Review: Remember Me? proves to be engaging storytelling.
Summary: 4 Stars
While not the most memorable book I've ever read, Sophie Kinsella nevertheless manages to engage and captivate me through most of Remember Me?. Lexi Smart is suffering from amnesia. She thinks it is 2004 when in reality, it is 2007, and what a 2007 it is!
Lexi is married, she is a power-hungry, ambitious boss at the company she works for, and she seems to have lost all the things that used to make her Lexi Smart. As Lexi tries to understand her new life, tries to find joy with her husband, she is starting to realize that what she wants to remember most, is who she really is.
Kinsella always manages to tug at my heart strings, and Remember Me? does it once again. While the amnesiac storyline has been played out in hundreds of fiction titles, and while the author does not really bring anything truly new and creative to this story, this does not matter all that much because Lexi is a character you will come to care about. There is heart and vibrancy in her characterization and that makes her struggle come alive on the pages.
While some of the events in the story seem a tad silly, Remember Me? moves past them and lets readers truly get to know Lexi. She is an interesting character and she, more than anything, makes this story memorable and worth reading.
I can always count on Sophie Kinsella for a hearty laugh and a slightly implausible but nevertheless satisfying story. Remember Me? fits that formula successfully. I think you'll go away with a smile on your face after reading this story. I did at least, and that is the mark of enjoyable storytelling more than anything else.