Date published March 2008
ISBN 978-0-385-33872-1
Chick lit
Hardcover
Reviewed by ratmammy
> Having only read the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella, I wasn't sure if one of her standalones would be worth reading. However, REMEMBER ME? was a very delightful book, and I'm looking forward to reading more by this author.
The story starts with the main character, Lexi Smart, having drinks with friends in a bar. As they leave the place, she falls and hits her head. When she awakens, she finds herself in hospital and is told it's now three years later. She is very confused. She is told she has lost her memory and all that had happened to her in the last three years is not even a memory. The last thing she can remember happening was having drinks with her best friends Carolyn, Debs, and Fi. As far as she knows, she was slightly over weight, and was called Snaggletooth by loved ones because of her crooked teeth. But, looking at herself now, she discovers she has really nice manicured nails, her hair has been nicely done, and she’s got very expensive clothes and a designer handbag. Plus, she’s lost a lot of weight. Furthermore, she's no longer snaggletooth. Her teeth have been straightened out! And, she’s no longer single, but married to a very wealthy man. What the hell happened?
REMEMBER ME ? is Lexi's journey as she tries to put together the puzzle of the last three years of her life. She cannot understand how she had changed so much, and why she married a very wealthy man who doesn't seem to be a good fit for her, at least for the old Lexi Smart. She has new best friends, her new job is that of the head of the department she used to work for (Flooring), and lives in a very wealthy home in a very wealthy neighborhood. And, she's been told, she was on television. It’s a hilarious adventure as Lexi finds out slowly exactly what her life is like now. But the fun of the book is discovering what happened to her to bring her to this new life. It’s almost like reading a whodunit, with Lexi being the person who has to find out.
Part of the fun was Lexi rediscovering her old friends, women who now would have nothing to do with her. Because the reader was introduced to her character before her memory loss, we are with her all the way as she goes on a search for her past life. The reader will also enjoy putting the pieces together, never a step ahead of Lexi, which makes her self-discovery as much of a surprise to the reader as it is to Lexi. The introduction to a business partner of her husband, Jon, holds the key to who Lexi really is, causing Lexi to struggle with who she knows she is deep inside. But she is having a hard time reaching that person she used to be.
REMEMBER ME ? was a very fun read, reminiscent of the Shopaholic books, but the main character is not as aggravating and annoying as I know many readers found Becky Bloomwood, the Shopaholic. Lexi is a lot smarter than Becky, as is shown from her track record from being just another flunky in flooring, to becoming a director who had saved the company from ruin. REMEMBER ME? is Lexi's quest to find her real self, to try to remember who she was and where she came from, and where she should be going, whether it be with her new wonderful husband Eric, or someone else entirely.
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