Monday, June 6, 2011
BOOK 27: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: 2 stars
Cover synopsis: When 28 year old Lexi wakes up in a London hospital, her teeth are perfect, her body is toned, she's rich, and married. Having survived a car accident, she lost 3 years of her memory, and her life couldn't be more different. It turns out her new life comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen?
I found this book in a used book store in Buxton, NC, while vacationing at the beach. The back cover sounds intriguing, and it was. This book was definitely a page turner as you try to figure out what happened in Lexi's life over the past 3 years, to turn her into the person she wakes up as in the hospital. Funny and interesting, I finished it in a day and a half.
However, I was severely disappointed in the language of the book, and the questionable morals. Why do authors feel like they have to sprinkle so much garbage into a book to make their main character seem hip and cool? Ugh. This is why I rarely just pick up a book and read it without doing any research on it, or getting people's opinions. If it weren't for the trashy aspect, this could have been a 4-star book. As it is, I give it 2.