30 December 2011

Day 18 - A book that disappointed you

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

"Why can't you choose what you forget... and what you remember?"

Zoey is the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to popular boyfriend Brandon. She has a perfect life until she finds out her dad knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend then her mom had a nervous breakdown. No one knows about her mom's stint except her dad, Zoey, the cop who found her mom, and Doug Fox. Doug Fox has juvie history, part of the swim team, and seems to hate Zoey, the way he scowls at her. Then the accident happens. When Zoey wakes up the next day, she realizes she can't remember what happened minutes before the car crash. Doug suddenly shows up in her living room, concerned and touchy while Brandon is avoiding her.

I really really liked the plot. The way Zoey is thrown about when she is missing the all important memory that could explain why Doug can't stay away from her and why she seems too like it too. I guess I was expecting a different outcome from the turn of events. I was disappointed of the way the characters' were thrown to each other, it was shallow and flat. Sex is also overrated in the book. But Doug got under my skin. When I found out what really happened before the car crash, it just didn't come through. Overall, it lacked the soul the tagline portrayed.



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