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 enlarge | Author: Sophie Kinsella
Creator: Charlotte Parry
Publisher: RH Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  181 reviews
Sales Rank: 509175
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0739342371
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780739342374
ASIN: 0739342371
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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 Unabridged?? August 9, 2008
I was anxious to listen to the latest Sophie Kinsella book, and promptly purchased 'Remember Me?', only to find that a Library unabridged version, is not unabridged at all!
Very entertaining, but too abridged for my taste. I will be more careful next time when I purchase audio books, I only ever want true unabridged.
 Great Summer Read August 7, 2008
This is a great read. Author, Sophi Kinsella is such a funny writer. I am going to being reading her other books. Great summmer read.
Favorite book August 5, 2008
I absolutely loved this book. I picked it up because I love Sophie Kinsella's work and I could not put it down. I'm a psychology major and of course I'm interested in memory loss, so when she loses her memory I found it impossible to put the book down. I lent this book to my best friend who's more a fan of romance novels, and she handed it back to me the next day and said she had stayed in her room all day reading because it was so interesting. I definitely recommend this book to anyone.
The Review I Can't Remember July 21, 2008
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
You've just won the Publishers' Clearing House sweepstakes only you don't remember! Just imagine it, waking up one day and discovering that your entire world has changed. Imagine your life now with all its routines and traditions and then imagine three years from now. How different could things possibly be? What if you suddenly woke up today and three years had passed and you were a new person, with a new life, and you had no remembrance, no understanding of the sudden transition. Imagine, if you will, taking on this new dream life, only to later realize that all is not well in the world but you have no way of providing a solution because you don't remember the all important transition. How weird and fascinating would such an experience be? How exhilarating and how terrifying would it be to attain your dream life filled with scads of money, friends, and a handsome multimillionaire husband? Lexi Smart, a formerly underpaid employee at the none too glamorous Deller Carpets is about to find out. After being denied a promotion, being stood up by her boyfriend, and discovering that her father has died, Lexi's world just seems to be going downhill, until a fateful accident occurs that she can't remember. Suddenly, Lexi wakes up in a hospital, the last three years obliterated from her mind, to discover that her most recent memory is actually long since passed and that her world has changed drastically since the Deller Carpets days. She is wealthy beyond her wildest dreams, with an equally wealthy husband, a high profile job, and a new set of swank friends. But, is this world as alluring as it first appears, or is there a seam of cracks beneath the shallow surface? The answer to the riddle lies buried in Lexi's memory, but will her amnesia ever leave her? Will Lexi ever be able to find her true self again, or has all the wealth and glamour killed the old, high spirited Lexi of yesteryear? So remember, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
Sophie Kinsella has once again presented a hilarious, yet ultimately serious and sentimental tale for the reader's enjoyment. Although Kinsella has never penned an inferior novel, Remember Me stands dramatically above all her pervious works. As an author she has developed and expanded her level of emotional and romantic depth, presenting a tale that is both unique and realistic at the same time. While the idea of amnesia has been more than properly explored in both television and grocery store romances, Kinsella has really done her homework, taking the concept away from its cliched origins by adding a realistic emotional dimension. The basis of the story is actually believable and surprisingly enthralling, grabbing the reader's interest instantly and refusing to let go. Because of this cleverly structured plot, the entire tale has a distinct air of the unpredictable, which is unusual for Kinsella since the public of readers mostly takes it for granted that her character will, after numerous tragedies and hilarious mishaps, have a happily ever after ending.
Likewise, Kinsella's new character is just as lovable as Becky Bloomwood in the much loved Shopaholic series. Lexi is a believable and down to earth character whose spunky personality is being crushed by the unfeeling, no nonsense world of business and high finance. We love Lexi both for her romanticism and her forced practicality and, above all else, for her vivid interpretation of emotions that we have all been subjected to. Her description of Loser Dave, her odious boyfriend, will bring chuckles to the readers' hearts, as we all secretly stand behind her, remembering those Loser Daves that we were saddled with. Her clumsiness in her new ultra modern home will remind us of those times at friends' houses when we have accidentally toppled something irreplaceable and ghastly expensive. Lexi is vivid and bright, lovable and laughable, and, above all, just like us. Life rains on her parade, just like it rains on ours and, just like us, she regretfully keeps picking herself up and moving on.
Lexi's character is supported, nurtured, and conversely deprived by an equally fleshed out cast of background characters and friends including her whippet crazy mother, her con artist blue-haired sister, her multimillionaire husband, and one other special character. These characters are just as alive and vivid as Lexi, each with their own believable personality forcing the reader to form bonds of love and hate, enmeshing him or her even deeper into the unfolding drama.
Unlike most of Kinsella's previous offerings, Remember Me is never slightly predictable. The conclusion is satisfying, startlingly realistic, and, most important, suitably sentimental. While the happily ever after element is present, it does bow to life's little cruelties as well as producing a well rounded conclusion that the reader would never have predicted. Remember Me is most certainly a novel that the reader will "remember" after the last page has fluttered into place.
But, Kinsella's concentration on the emotional and dramatic does not diminish her penchant for the comedic. The dialogue was witty and charged with sarcasm and the circumstances that Lexi found herself in were fraught with physical comedy unrivaled by the Three Stooges. Her mishaps in her new high tech home, her run ins with her mother's pack of pet dogs, and her budding relationship with her new, and somewhat strange husband, all culminate to keep the story continually bouncing from one outrageously side splitting dilemma into another all the while retaining the novel's bittersweet edge.
In creating her masterpiece, Kinsella expertly weaves the tale together with a witty, tongue in cheek writing style that backs the comedic aura. The unfolding tale relies entirely on Lexi's mental narration. Through her eyes, the story unravels blending modern language with vivid descriptiveness and a surprising understanding of the inner workings of the mind. By using this method of character narration, the entire work encapsulates a down to earth aura, making the reader feel as though he or she has a direct connection to Lexi's thought process, instead of feeling as though the tale is merely being narrated by an omnipotent, detached being. This style is highly effective and is the final touch to a grand masterpiece.
Conclusion: Kinsella has an almost magical way of appealing to modern audiences, using clever language, unique circumstances, and a down to earth appeal to people's emotions that never fails. Kinsella combines everything that makes a tale truly great and presents the reader with a modern drama of epic proportions. So, in acknowledgment of the novel, the only way to truly conclude is to ask the all important question: What would you really do if you won the Publishers' Clearing House sweepstakes and forgot?
- Ravenova
Fast & Fun July 21, 2008
Really enjoyed this book. I read some of the lower reviews prior to getting the book, so I was afraid I might be disappointed once I started it. Turns out I loved it! It's a very quick read. The characters were likeable. Honestly, I couldn't put it down. I just finished it and wish there was more.
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