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40th out of 80 books
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Forget Me Not
by
Carolee Dean (Goodreads Author)
From the author of Take Me There, a fast-paced novel in verse about a girl caught between life and death—and the boy who will do anything to save her.Ally is devastated when a scandalous photo of her is texted around school. With her reputation in shambles and her life essentially over, she hides out in a back hallway, trying to figure out where everything went wrong.
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Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
October 2nd 2012
by Simon Pulse
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Oct 16, 2012
Zemira Warner
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who read Speechless by Hannah Harrington
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Sometimes a book just settles deep inside your heart... I am not sure everyone will like it but it was just what I needed right now.
THIS is the song I've been listening on repeat while reading this book.
I read Forget Me Not after hearing about the death of a 15-year-old Canadian teenager. Her name was Amanda Todd and she was cyber-bullied on Facebook, blackmailed, bullied in school and physically assaulted. You can learn more from the video Amanda posted in September.
HERE is that video.
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THIS is the song I've been listening on repeat while reading this book.
I read Forget Me Not after hearing about the death of a 15-year-old Canadian teenager. Her name was Amanda Todd and she was cyber-bullied on Facebook, blackmailed, bullied in school and physically assaulted. You can learn more from the video Amanda posted in September.
HERE is that video.
Every...more
I just couldn't get through this.... "Prose". I was drawn to the cover, as usual... but when I opened this up and started to read, I just could not get into this any more than the first 20 pages. I scanned the rest. I'm being very honest. It was depressing and " meh" it just wasn't worth the effort. It was a sad and self victimization tale .Suicide was the only option, mentioned many times. There didn't seem to be any bright light, friends were few and far between. She seemed to alienate any and...more
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After a half-naked picture of herself is texted around her high school, Ally tries to kill herself. Now, she's kind of trapped in a reportedly haunted back hallway (hard to describe). The only person who can see her is her friend Elijah, who tries to convince her to choose life and leave the semi-purgatory she's in.
This is told in verse, which I'm becoming a huge fan of thanks to Ellen Hopkins and Lisa Schroeder. This novel will probably appeal to fans of If I Stay, although I didn't find Forget...more
This is told in verse, which I'm becoming a huge fan of thanks to Ellen Hopkins and Lisa Schroeder. This novel will probably appeal to fans of If I Stay, although I didn't find Forget...more
This book was brilliantly written,short,and enjoyable.The book is composed of poem after poem,I have an admiration for people who write good poems,as I am usually picky,but this book satisfied me.
Story wise,I have always had problems with bullying/suicide novels,ever since i was in high school,and even now at 22. Their reasons are silly to me,go home and bake a cake,watch TV,don't kill yourself.
I felt nothing for Ally,I don't understand how one can lose his better judgment and sleep with two gu...more
The description that this book will appeal to Ellen Hopkins fans is true, though it suffers some of the same problems most of Hopkins books do for me: the multiple voices within verse do not sound distinct but instead rely upon plot events to distinguish them. It's fine, but it weakens character growth and development and makes me question whether verse novels with multiple POV can be as successful as those with a single voice or traditional narratives with multiple POVs.
Ally's reputation goes...more
Ally's reputation goes...more
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I have never heard of Carolee Dean; but I gravitated towards this book for some reason. I thought it was an okay read, mainly because I found it somewhat triggering since suicide is the topic of the book. As Ally hovers between life and death, she takes readers on a journey towards her realization that while she feels already forgotten, in reality, she isn't. The book is endearing in that sense. It transitions in format: from prose, to script-like format, back to prose. I found the changes cleve...more
I love reading books in verse and Forget Me Not was no different. I loved it. This book was thought provoking, emotional and sad. I have to say this wasn’t a light hearted book at all and explored the darker side to life.
Ally tried to kill herself after a half-naked picture of her was texted to everyone in her school which then ended up at nearby high schools. After trying to kill herself Ally ends up in the hallway at her high school. This hallway is haunted and no one comes in there. She is t...more
Ally tried to kill herself after a half-naked picture of her was texted to everyone in her school which then ended up at nearby high schools. After trying to kill herself Ally ends up in the hallway at her high school. This hallway is haunted and no one comes in there. She is t...more
Ally, a freshman in high school, is caught between life and death and is forced to choose between the pain of real life or an eternity of nothingness. Elijah, the boy in love with Ally, is trying to save her from death and stops at nothing to do so.
Forget Me Not is told in verse & poetic lines from Ally and Elijah's points of view and is relatable to any high schooler. This is a fast paced, twist turning, page turning novel with a surprise ending and I guarantee you will not want to put the...more
Forget Me Not is told in verse & poetic lines from Ally and Elijah's points of view and is relatable to any high schooler. This is a fast paced, twist turning, page turning novel with a surprise ending and I guarantee you will not want to put the...more
Dec 23, 2012
Liza Wiemer
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Read FORGET ME NOT because it was recommended to me by Joli of http://actinupwithbooks.blogspot.com - I love free verse novels. FORGET ME NOT was very well written and deeply disturbing. Ally has near naked photos taken of her having or having just had sex with two different guys (two different incidences), which are then sent to other phones. Soon, the photos are everywhere. Truly a heartbreaking novel about the horrible choices Ally makes. But don't lose hope. The last few chapters change thin...more
I picked this book up from the library on a lark, because I'm intrigued by novels written in verse. They can either work very well or end up as completely pretentious. This one worked and had me hooked from start to finish. The characters were relatively rich and their motives and actions believable, with just enough mystery about about exactly what happened left for clarification through to the end. I'm a bit stuck on who exactly I would recommend this book to, though. It's very much a high sch...more
First of all... IMO... This one was definitely not worth the money.... I have read books on Wattpad written by kids that were better than this. I will admit that I did like the storyline and the idea behind the story (the reason for 2 not 1 stars), but I just didn't care for the way it was written. And the fact that had it been written in paragraphs and like a "normal" book, it would have maybe been a novella... Definitely not worth $12. I really need to learn to read the sample before buying on...more
This was totally not what I was expecting but I was pleasantly surprised. Again, I'm not much of a fan of the stories told in verse, as I've said before. I've found maybe three or four that I like, and this one has to be another exception.
I was a little surprised when I discovered what was really going on in this story. It took me a few chapters before I caught on, but once I did, I thought the idea was intriguing and different and I liked it. I liked Ally as a character, but I especially liked...more
I was a little surprised when I discovered what was really going on in this story. It took me a few chapters before I caught on, but once I did, I thought the idea was intriguing and different and I liked it. I liked Ally as a character, but I especially liked...more
I must admit that as soon as I read the synopsis for Forget Me Not I immediately added it to my tbr. I love novels told in verse, and this one really blew me away. It was so beautiful and creative. I absolutely loved the variety in the forms of poetry that the author used. Different forms were used for each of the characters, which really helped express the mood and feeling in that particular scene.
At first, Forget Me Not seems like a contemporary story, but it quickly turns more towards the pa...more
At first, Forget Me Not seems like a contemporary story, but it quickly turns more towards the pa...more
Forget Me Not is a fabulous novel from Carolee Dean. With a mix of contemporary and hints of the paranormal, fans of both genres will greatly enjoy this one.
The summary for Forget Me Not was what originally drew me in. When I found out it was written in verse I was even more excited for it. I’m happy to say that this one definitely lived up to my expectations. Carolee Dean’s verse is beyond stunning. There are many different types of poetry used in Forget Me Not and I loved trying to figure out...more
The summary for Forget Me Not was what originally drew me in. When I found out it was written in verse I was even more excited for it. I’m happy to say that this one definitely lived up to my expectations. Carolee Dean’s verse is beyond stunning. There are many different types of poetry used in Forget Me Not and I loved trying to figure out...more
I should have known reading this book may have been a mistake when I was paging through it and saw it was written in poetry form as someone who hates poetry. This book didn't grab me the way it should have and the ending is too bittersweet for my taste. The author's end notes about the reasons she chose the different styles made me feel like I was reading something for school and that I was supposed to get something "more" out of it than I actually did. Enjoyable for some, just didn't do it for...more
Don't know how to rate this book. 3.5 maybe 4
The poetry are really good.
I have never read a book like thus before but I must say I really enjoyed it
This book must have taken a lot cause its quite different but in a good way.
It deals with teenage high school life. Which for some of us are hell. Lol.
But give this book a try its quite good. I won't say it's more paranormal but it deals with life.
Give this a try. Really good.
Although I don't know what most of the character looks like. Lmao. :)
The poetry are really good.
I have never read a book like thus before but I must say I really enjoyed it
This book must have taken a lot cause its quite different but in a good way.
It deals with teenage high school life. Which for some of us are hell. Lol.
But give this book a try its quite good. I won't say it's more paranormal but it deals with life.
Give this a try. Really good.
Although I don't know what most of the character looks like. Lmao. :)
2.5 stars.
It was very brave to write this kind of story in verse.
This book was supposed to be:
Very raw
very intense
very different
However I found it very hard to connect with the story and the characters because of how disjointed the book was. I guess that's a draw back with writing a book this way. Sometimes verse books speak to me, in this case I found it hard to feel what was meant to be felt. But it was not because there was anything wrong with the book, it was just my reaction.
It was very brave to write this kind of story in verse.
This book was supposed to be:
Very raw
very intense
very different
However I found it very hard to connect with the story and the characters because of how disjointed the book was. I guess that's a draw back with writing a book this way. Sometimes verse books speak to me, in this case I found it hard to feel what was meant to be felt. But it was not because there was anything wrong with the book, it was just my reaction.
Really, really liked the interesting approach Carolee Dean took with this book. It's verse, mostly, and there are very interesting uses of different types of verse, including an fabulous rap redux of The Raven. There are also several chunks that are written in a modified screenplay format, which I really liked. I love it when authors go in unexpected directions like Dean did with this one. I think it's interesting that it's being marketed as a "paranormal novel in verse," because it's paranormal...more
This book was like a train wreck! Once it starts you can't stop even though its so depressing. However I certainly was amazed that the author was able to write an entire book out of hundreds poems... Amazing. Also liked how the end gives you a small twist to make you think :)
forget me not is a book about a girl who tride to take her life by jumping off a building and is now stuck in between life in death in a hallway and she realizes she wants to life because she has more to live for. forget me not is good because it shows bullys true colors
Started off reading this seriously but eventually speed read it anyway. Didn't understand the need for the poetry format since it was just story - it was unnecessary, it can't be called poetry as such.Tried really hard to give this book a chance and to like it but it was a disconnect to me.
I'm not usually a fan of verse novels, but lately I've been giving them a try and picked this one up based on a recommendation. It was exceptionally well done and very dark. I liked the characters and the themes that it explored and thought that it was unique, stylish, and very readable.
Amazing writing! One of the best books I've read this year. I'll definitely be reading anything else this author writes. The weave of the story line past and present, from character to character was so intriguing. This is a book you can't just walk away from and forget about, it haunts your thoughts for days. Put this on you "Must Read" list.
All read
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It was an okay book. There were some moments where I was like "woah,I didn't expect that to happen" but overall it was like any other cliche story. I liked the title because I forgot that it was a flower and Carolee Dean put it to wonderful use in the book.
The characters in this book are very well described and by the end of the book I felt like I connected with all of them.It was hard to put the book down and the ending was a bit of a surprise.It was well worth reading.
This book was amazing. I loved everything about it. I love love love the way it's written...the poetry of it...the flow....just made me fall for this book.
Thank you Carolee Dean for writing something so beautiful! ♡♥♡
Thank you Carolee Dean for writing something so beautiful! ♡♥♡
This book was really incredible. I thought it was original, and I loved that it was written in prose. The last few pages, though, ruined it completely. I wish I could rewrite the ending...
This was a quick read for me. I really liked it. I would tell any one that has ever wanted to END IT to read this book because I might just open their eyes a little. It was a very touching story.
Liked the idea of the story, and presentation was interesting. Can't help but feel that not everyone using verse should be doing it. Really hard to like the main character.
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