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Jul 08, 2011

Maja rated it:

487 pages of pure torture!
What Alice Forgot was not at all what I expected. That should teach me never to read a book that hasn’t been rated by at least one of my trusted friends. You see, I thought this would be a well written, intelligent, heartwarming story about a woman who loses ten years of her life, but finds some other, maybe even more valuable things instead. Obviously, I was very wrong. Nevertheless, I wouldn’t normally mind reading the Aussie version of a Maeve Binchy novel, bu More...

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Jan 30, 2012

Janina rated it:

This book and I just had a very lovely afternoon together. Lying in the sun reading ... there's nothing better.

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Jul 12, 2011

Arlene rated it:

Rating Clarification
First half of the book: 2.5 Stars
Second half of the book: Solid 4 Stars
Epilogue: Undeniably 5 Stars

First off, What Alice Forgot is so different from my normally preferred genres. This adult fiction covers a broad array of topics that frankly scare the shiz out of me, including divorce, death, infertility and a complete breakdown of the family unit. If I would have known the heavy topics this book grappled with, I might have called a pass, but i More...

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Jun 01, 2011

~Tina~ rated it:

Aussie Book challenge 2011 #7

What Alice Forget, tells the story of a women who thinks it's the year 1998, about to have her first child and is happily married to her husband, Nick. But a bump on the noggin changed all that....
What would you do if you lost 10 years of your life and all the wonderful moments you were looking forward to already happened, but you don't remember? How would you feel waking up to emotions that were still very much alive in your heart and thoughts, onl More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Zarina rated it:

What Alice Forgot is a gripping novel about a woman who after an accident forgets the last ten years of her life. Ten years in which she changes as a person, her marriage deteriorates, friends leave and others come into her life. And needless to say she's in for somewhat of a shock when she eventually realises that she isn't in fact pregnant of her first baby, like she believes she is, but already has three school-bound children.

Author Liane Moriarty realistically depicts the confus More...

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Nov 06, 2011

Tamara rated it:

Interesting side note, this was my first time reading a book by an Australian author within the first few pages, I’d mistaken Ms.Moriarty for an English author. That doesn’t really matter, but I thought it was interesting to note that tidbit. Getting back on topic, this book was very good. It had a somewhat slow start, but once Alice left the hospital, the rollercoaster ride really began. This book contained some very deep situations and prompted me to stop and think “What if I forgot 10 yea More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Lai rated it:

What if you could not remember the last 10 years of your life? Pregnancies and births, marriages and deaths, friends and enemies? This is what happens to Alice, who after a fall, wakes up believing that she is 29 years old, happily married, and due to have her first baby soon. Reality is, that she is closer to 40, with 3 children and a failing marriage. So begins the story of Alice as she has finds out what has happened in the past 10 years of her life from those who are around her, and discover More...

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Aug 30, 2011

Beth rated it:

This book had me captivated from the first chapter. I felt drawn in and personally invested in each of the characters, even the ones I didn't like. For several nights in a row, I stayed up until midnight just to read one (or five) more chapters.

The pace is typical of a 'whodunit' mystery, although the mystery is not a murder, but the ten years that Alice forgets, and how she transitioned from a wide-eyed twenty nine year old to her brisk and busy thirty nine year old self.

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Jan 22, 2012

Laura rated it:

Ten years changes a lot.

Warning: whoever wrote the goodreads intro to this book should be fired because they've made it sound a lot more hokey than it was, and had I read their intro first I might not have picked this up at all.

That said, I loved this book. I recognize that I am clearly the targeted audience, full-swing into the period referenced in Alice's life. It's kind of a middleagedmarriagefourkidsschoolfunctionsfinancialstresssocialobligationsfamilyandquirkyrelati More...

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Jan 16, 2012

Liane rated it:

Alice Love is a 39-year-old woman who thinks that she's 29 because she hit her head in the gym whilst doing her aerobic step class which she used to do with her bestfriend whom she doesn't remember. Alice Love lost 10 years worth of memory and doesn't know who her children are, she is not also aware that she is going through a bitter divorce with her husband because she thinks that she is still pregnant with her now 9 years old daughter and that she and her husband is still madly in love with ea More...

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Jan 08, 2012

Stephany rated it:

I loved this book. When we are young and in love, we like to think that life is going to stay that way forever. But time changes people. It puts distance between lovers and troubles in the best of relationships. Sometimes we can see past the bad and move on with the good, but most of the time we are changed, little by little. We change how we perceive those around us, how we feel about them, how much we love them. And we get stuck seeing life from a flat, unidimensional perspective. Maybe we all More...

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Nov 14, 2011

Pmcmartin rated it:

I loved aspects of this book and I really wanted to love this book because the premise was interesting, but it fell short for me in a few ways. This was a highly readable book, it flowed fast and you really did not have to stop and think about it too much. This was just the type of book I needed right now because I was not in the mood for a text that would make me think. As a result, I actually quite enjoyed the book initially until I thought more about it. What bothered me about this book was t More...

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Nov 07, 2011

Preethi rated it:

This book was very engaging - I listened to the audiobook and couldn't stop. The premise, to be frank, is a little hokey. Alice falls and hits her head and forgets 10 years of her life. Despite the cheesiness, the characters were real and interesting, and I wanted to reach out and be friends with them. Alice and Nick's early relationship is heart-warming, and I liked the interaction with the children.

Some of my issues:

- Alice & Nick started rekindling their romance too qu More...

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Nov 04, 2011

Lynn rated it:

Ten years ago what would your former self think of the person you have become today? The premise for What Alice Forgot is fantastic and while I thought this was a good read it did not live up to its potential.

Alice receives a bump on her head and loses a decade of her life. The journey we travel with Alice is reconciling her 29 year old self and beliefs with the 39 year old wife and mother she has become. Most alarming to Alice is the state of her relationships and the inability to More...

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Oct 26, 2011

Kat rated it:

Maybe this book does not really merit 5 stars (plausibility issues), but it really moved and engaged me. I couldn't stop thinking about it. The premise is that Alice gets hit on the head and wakes up thinking that it is 1998 and she is 29 and pregnant with her first baby, when in fact it is 2008, and she has three kids. In 1998 Alice is madly in love with her husband Nick and in 2008 they are divorcing (not a spoiler really, we find out v. quickly). For several days Alice is her 1998 self trying More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Michele rated it:

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Oct 13, 2011

Catherine rated it:

After hitting her head at the gym, Alice wakes up thinking she is a easy-going 29 year-old, happily married, and pregnant with her first child. When she learns she is actually about to turn 40, is the mother of three, and about to be divorced she doesn’t really believe it, especially after realizing she has somehow become the ultimate well-organized but impatient mother and volunteer.

I was pleasantly surprised that there was more substance to this book than I expected. The book main More...

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Oct 04, 2011

Mason rated it:

How often have you wished you could go back in time and change a part of your life?

WHAT ALICE FORGOT by Liane Moriarty shows that going back to re-live one’s history can be a mixed blessing. It can be even trickier when you don’t remember part of your past.

Waking from a fall at the gym, Alice Love is a happy, carefree 29-year-old woman. She’s in love with her fabulous husband, Nick, and they are expecting their first child - or so she thinks. In reality, Alice will soon celeb More...

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Sep 17, 2011

Kate rated it:

This novel has an inventive plot: 39-yr-old Alice conks her head at the gym, and upon waking, thinks it is 10 years ago. She thinks she's still madly in love with her husband and pregnant with their first child. So much of what she believes to be true isn't anymore: relationships have changed, friendships have drifted, and her personal life has evolved into something she neither recognizes nor understands.
The characters in the book are endearing, and forgiveable even in their missteps. More...

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Sep 15, 2011

Kathleen rated it:

Imagine losing ten years of memories because of a pesky head injury. How did you become the person you are today? Who are the most important people in your life now, and perhaps an even better question, what happened to the people who were most important ten years ago? Would your self from ten years ago even like the person you've become?

These are the questions that easily came to mind (no pun intended) when I read What Alice Forgot.
I was told how witty and funny this book was, More...

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Aug 30, 2011

Marcy rated it:

I received this book as part of LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program and I am really glad I did. "What Alice Forgot" is a "what if..." story where the main character is given a chance to rethink her life choices by an improbable twist in time, space, or, as in this case, memory. I think we all wonder about the path not taken or at least about the little things that brought our path where it is and how things might have been different. Alice is given this gift when she can More...

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Aug 12, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

This book is so fun! I read it just after I finished reading a verrrry serious (and excellent) nonfiction book about life in Hitler's Berlin, and this is just the sort of light-hearted page-turner I was hankering for. It's a story about a woman in her late thirties named Alice who falls during a spinning class (we never get a satisfactory explanation of how that could happen) and forgets the last decade of her life. When she comes to, her last memory is of being pregnant with her first baby and More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Jocelyn rated it:

Alice wakes up one day on the floor of her gym only to discover ten years of her life have passed without her even knowing it. Last she remembers, she was eagerly anticipating the arrival of her first child, now she has three kids and an unhappy marriage. She is also experiencing a strained relationship with her sister and her mother has made startling life changes, as well. The entire book is a contrast and comparison between her "younger" mind and her "older mind." Her youn More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Julie rated it:

For the record, I'd give this book 3.8 stars. It's a little lighter than I usually like, but it's the perfect summer read: funny, engaging, very satisfying with its upbeat ending. Although I found the premise of the book a little far-fetched, I liked the fact that the main character eventually realized that she had something to learn from her younger self. It's so easy to get off track in life, to forget what really should be the most important things, that it's somewhat wonderful to read a More...

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Jul 20, 2011

Jaime rated it:

Lesson to me: Do not read reviews right before reading the book. I admit, I read reviews of my friends and others that catch my attention. When a good or great review is given, I will check out the description and if it sounds interesting, I add it to my to-read list. Well, that's not so bad since it sometimes takes months to get around to reading a particular book. The problem comes when I go back and read reviews right before I start reading a book. Sometimes I just want to remind mys More...

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Jul 07, 2011

Diane rated it:

This book really got me thinking. What if I was to wake up and think I was back in 2001, 1991 or even 1981? There is so much that has happened in my life I would be shocked. In 1981 I lived in California and had 2 little boys. I had no idea then I would move to 4 more states and have 3 more kids and 10 grandkids. The person I am today is so different from the person I was then. I don't think my past self would believe who I am now and what I have experienced.
I felt this autho More...

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Jul 04, 2011

Robyn rated it:

When Alice wakes up at the gym after hitting her head, she thinks she's 29 years old, happily married to a wonderful man, about to have her first child; that she's close to her sister and, moreover, that she's kind of a timid, slightly overweight young woman who has no self confidence at all. Instead she discovers that she is in fact turning 40; a mother of three; there's something strange going on with her relationship with her sister and - how is this possible? - she's getting divorced. Mo More...

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Jul 01, 2011

Romancing the rated it:

Review by Ive

Imagine not being able to remember the last ten years of your life, especially some crucial events within those last ten years like the birth of all three of your children…that is exactly what happens to Alice Mary Love.

Alice suffers a concussion and forgets everything she has been thru the last ten years of her life, once the pieces start coming together she realizes she doesn’t like this person she has become. Her life is also falling apart, she finds out she i More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Diane rated it:

Alice thinks she is a happily married twenty-nine-year-old woman, pregnant with her first child. When she wakes up after fainting and falling off her bike during a spin class, she is shocked to slowly discover that she is thirty-nine, has three children and a pending divorce. (Reminiscent of another Alice who fell and woke up confused in Wonderland.)

"What Alice Forgot" has a premise that may seem trite, but in the hands of author Liane Moriarty, the story will keep the reader More...

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Jun 14, 2011

Angie rated it:

With the arrival of a baby imminent on the horizon, most women begin thinking about packing a bag for the hospital, making sure the nursery is in order, washing those few last baby clothes in preparation. Me? I began making a list of books to read as soon as we got home from the hospital. And one of the top books on my list was WHAT ALICE FORGOT by Liane Moriarty. I've seen this title and author batted about recently, and Chachic's recommendation bumped it up to the top of the list of post-baby More...

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