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Forget You
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . . AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER?
There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete m...more
There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete m...more
Paperback, 292 pages
Published
July 20th 2010
by MTV Books
(first published June 30th 2010)
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This novel is hot. This novel is one of my all time favorite books. Honestly... I am at a loss for words. And that's not supposed to happen to me... right? I mean I'm supposed to be able to spout my undying love for novels that totally rock my socks off. I'm just having a hard time trying to compose my thoughts on something that is unlike anything I've ever encountered.
I loved Jennifer's novel Going Too Far, so when I saw the blurb for Forget You.... I couldn't wait to read it. Luckily I receive...more
I loved Jennifer's novel Going Too Far, so when I saw the blurb for Forget You.... I couldn't wait to read it. Luckily I receive...more
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Going into this book, I didn’t expect too much. I really liked Jennifer Echols’ 'Going Too Far' a lot, but I read quite a few negative reviews about Forget You.
And I got what I expected. Although I was hooked and finished the book in a few hours last night, it has quite a few flaws that can’t be overlooked in my opinion.
First and foremost, these flaws are closely linked to Zoey’s behaviour. I simply didn’t get her. There were moments when I thought: What are you doing? Why are you obsessing abou...more
And I got what I expected. Although I was hooked and finished the book in a few hours last night, it has quite a few flaws that can’t be overlooked in my opinion.
First and foremost, these flaws are closely linked to Zoey’s behaviour. I simply didn’t get her. There were moments when I thought: What are you doing? Why are you obsessing abou...more
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2.5 stars
I am going to dub this the Awkward Second Date Book.
Let’s back up a moment to Going Too Far, which I read earlier this month. It was my first Echols book, and we hit it off. I spent three days with Going Too Far, and I was quite enamoured with it, in particular with Echols’ well-drawn characters and the intense chemistry that drove the story.
Fast forward one chapter into my second Echols book Forget You. I found myself perplexed - giving the book a quizzical raised eyebrow. Was I drun...more
I am going to dub this the Awkward Second Date Book.
Let’s back up a moment to Going Too Far, which I read earlier this month. It was my first Echols book, and we hit it off. I spent three days with Going Too Far, and I was quite enamoured with it, in particular with Echols’ well-drawn characters and the intense chemistry that drove the story.
Fast forward one chapter into my second Echols book Forget You. I found myself perplexed - giving the book a quizzical raised eyebrow. Was I drun...more
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I didn't get it at all why Zoey tried to stay together with Brandon all the time and why she even believed they were together since she knew him and his use-each-woman-only-once-and-discard-her method well before and it was clear that she hooked up with him spontaneously because of her helplessness concerning her family situation.
In addition, I really had difficulties to understand what her friends, the twins and others, were talking about, the strange dating conversations she has with them; Zo...more
In addition, I really had difficulties to understand what her friends, the twins and others, were talking about, the strange dating conversations she has with them; Zo...more
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Life changes for Zoey when her Dad has an affair with his 24 year old assistant and gets her pregnant. Since most of her friends from school work for her Dad's business everyone knows what has happened but it is something that Zoey would much rather have kept quiet. When her Mum attempts to commit suicide Zoey is forced to move in with her Dad and his new fiance. Worried about her Mum and the stress of trying to keep what happened a secret changes Zoey and makes her act in ways she never would h...more
After her mother and father's divorce, Zoey is determined to live the perfect life, everything and everyone in it's place. However, when her mother attempts suicide Zoey's world is thrown out of whack. To further complicate matters, Zoey is in an accident and can't remember what happened the night it happened. But she needs to remember and fast, because when she wakes up her love life is upside down.
Things that irked me about the novel: I had a hard time sympathizing with Zoey at times because...more
Things that irked me about the novel: I had a hard time sympathizing with Zoey at times because...more
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When I first read all the rave reviews of Echols' Going Too Far, I was psyched to read it. I love a good YA contemporary romance and am always looking for new authors. Although I liked Going Too Far, I didn't love it, and I certainly didn't think it lived up to all the hype. However, I did enjoy it and was hoping I 'd LOVE Forget You. Alas, I liked this one much less than Going Too Far.
Why? Simple, Zoey. The main character. I, frankly, could not stand her. On one hand I really felt sorry for her...more
Why? Simple, Zoey. The main character. I, frankly, could not stand her. On one hand I really felt sorry for her...more
I don't think I could be more obsessed with a book! I love this book so much! I almost started rereading it as soon as I finished it. I was such a giddy dork while reading this, it was really quite embarrassing, luckily I was by myself.
I love all of Jennifer Echols books so I was impatiently awaiting the release of this one. And when I got it in the mail I was so excited. But I was afraid that I had built it up so much in my mind that it wasn't going to be as good as I hoped. But don't you worr...more
I love all of Jennifer Echols books so I was impatiently awaiting the release of this one. And when I got it in the mail I was so excited. But I was afraid that I had built it up so much in my mind that it wasn't going to be as good as I hoped. But don't you worr...more
Echols creates wonderfully layered and beautifully flawed characters with great dialogue and action that pulls you in.
Zoey is dealing with many things in her life; her mother's illness, her father's abrasive and distant personality along with a pregnant young girlfriend, friends, boys, swim team and school. In desperation, after her mother is hospitalized she makes a terrible spur-of-the-moment decision. I found her choice to be a somewhat odd way of dealing with her stress and thought in the a...more
Zoey is dealing with many things in her life; her mother's illness, her father's abrasive and distant personality along with a pregnant young girlfriend, friends, boys, swim team and school. In desperation, after her mother is hospitalized she makes a terrible spur-of-the-moment decision. I found her choice to be a somewhat odd way of dealing with her stress and thought in the a...more
I can't justify a higher rating than 3.5, but I also refuse to give it any less. It's kind of a bad book. There's one reason, in particular, I want to mention: The dad was a forced douche bag. I feel bad actually, on his behalf, because I don't think he really wanted to be a total dick. But he only has so much control seeing as he's a fictional character, therefore not real, and Echols, who is real holds the pen...see the problem, yeah? She wanted a dick dad, and so he was. Le sigh. All in all,...more
I am liking how Jennifer Echols writes her books. With her characters, she doesn’t just focus on the positive and negative traits of the protagonists. She gives the same view for its partner. For example, in this book, Zoey has the perfectionist persona and yet has the tendency to be blind and crazy. Doug, is the ever caring, sweet and HOT guy but has temper and over-controlling issues. It goes to show that there really is good and bad in everyone. Very nice!
May I also just say that this is one...more
May I also just say that this is one...more
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Okay, I thought this book was very interesting when I first started reading, 'cause Zoey seemed like a strong girl with convictions, then trouble came and her convictions were gone :P
still, I continued reading, then came Douglas and I completely fell in love with him! he was the most interesting character by far! he was the reason I finished the book, cause Zoey really REALLY annoyed me at first!
She was like this the whole time: "aw Doug,I really like you but I can't be with you 'cause I'm with...more
still, I continued reading, then came Douglas and I completely fell in love with him! he was the most interesting character by far! he was the reason I finished the book, cause Zoey really REALLY annoyed me at first!
She was like this the whole time: "aw Doug,I really like you but I can't be with you 'cause I'm with...more
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4.5 stars
I bought this last night via my Nook around 10:30 pm and finished it in less than 5 hours. Needles to say, I barely got any sleep. I just couldn't put it down! Echols's book Going Too Far was the same for me. I think I might have like this one slightly more (probably due to Doug :P).
Doug was completely hot and had the whole bad boy with a sensitive side going for him. I have a soft spot for this type (Alex from Perfect Chemistry anybody?!). Zoey on the other hand started to grate on my...more
I bought this last night via my Nook around 10:30 pm and finished it in less than 5 hours. Needles to say, I barely got any sleep. I just couldn't put it down! Echols's book Going Too Far was the same for me. I think I might have like this one slightly more (probably due to Doug :P).
Doug was completely hot and had the whole bad boy with a sensitive side going for him. I have a soft spot for this type (Alex from Perfect Chemistry anybody?!). Zoey on the other hand started to grate on my...more
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I really enjoyed Forget You. Jennifer Echols really knows how to write about real teen problems. It was a powerful and honest novel that deals with divorce, depression, sex and realtionships. It was one of those books I had to finish in one sitting or I wouldn't have gotten any sleep that night if I didn't have everything resolved. Thankfully I finished it and I got the ending I needed.
Zoey was a complex character who I liked. I can see that she will annoy some people. It is frustrating that she...more
Zoey was a complex character who I liked. I can see that she will annoy some people. It is frustrating that she...more
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As a big fan of Going Too Far, you must know how anxiously I was waiting for the release of Forget You. I had my doubts it would be as good, but I was still being optimistic, and let me tell you, my positive thinking was on the money. This book not only met my expectations but it surpassed them ... Hooray!
Although Forget You is totally different from what I expected - I was expecting something more along the lines of a light teen romance possibly even a beach read. Instead I found a book with ma...more
Although Forget You is totally different from what I expected - I was expecting something more along the lines of a light teen romance possibly even a beach read. Instead I found a book with ma...more
I have been a Jennifer Echols fan since the day I picked up Major Crush off the "New YA" shelf at my library. I have loved every single book by her thus far, and Forget You was no exception. Since the day I read the description, I had been dying to read it. I had high expectations for Forget You, and it surpassed them all by leaps and bounds.
Jennifer Echols has filled the pages of Forget You with a beautiful story dealing with darker and raw experiences of life. She wasted not one word, and hoo...more
Jennifer Echols has filled the pages of Forget You with a beautiful story dealing with darker and raw experiences of life. She wasted not one word, and hoo...more
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I enjoyed this book a far bit but for me it wasn't in the same league as going too far. The thing that stood out for me in this book is that it is definately aimed at the older end of the young adult audience. It was full of sex and I personally thought it was perhaps a little too much in places for the audience it was aimed at. While I'm not saying that any of it was too extreme in anyway (and actually reasonably realistic throughout) I envisage younger adults picking it up and being highly inf...more
WOW...I think this book was even better than "Going too far". Thank you Pavlina for your recommendation.. :D
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Forget you was a good book, but there was a lot of character traits I didn't care for in this one.
The father, for one, was an ass and while I sympathize with Zoey's situation, she bothered me, a lot. I know she's young but she's also very naive and dense.
Doug on the other hand was a good role. I liked his wit and charm and I have to admit he had some good chemistry with Zoey.
The concept was cool and the writing is as always fantastic, but I just didn't love this one as much as Echols o...more
Forget you was a good book, but there was a lot of character traits I didn't care for in this one.
The father, for one, was an ass and while I sympathize with Zoey's situation, she bothered me, a lot. I know she's young but she's also very naive and dense.
Doug on the other hand was a good role. I liked his wit and charm and I have to admit he had some good chemistry with Zoey.
The concept was cool and the writing is as always fantastic, but I just didn't love this one as much as Echols o...more
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there were plenty things Zoey would love to forget. like her father knocking up his 24-year-old girlfriend and her mother's nervous breakdown. despite her life being in a complete mess, Zoey fought back the only way she knew how, obtaining attention by being the perfect student, the perfect daughter, even the perfect girlfriend to the school popular football player Brandon. but after a car crash that involved bad boy Dough the night before, the only thing Zoey couldn't remember was what happened...more
After reading Easy and Wallbanger, I was expecting this as another great but light read. It was light, yes, but not great.
First, there were plot holes as big as the sun in this book! Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but it was so obvious. The heroine kept saying this person is my boyfriend, but we find this BF only at the beginning of the story. There wasn't even enough material to cover the "we're and item" part to make it believable. It was exasperating!
Second, Zoey is a BRAT and this behavio...more
First, there were plot holes as big as the sun in this book! Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but it was so obvious. The heroine kept saying this person is my boyfriend, but we find this BF only at the beginning of the story. There wasn't even enough material to cover the "we're and item" part to make it believable. It was exasperating!
Second, Zoey is a BRAT and this behavio...more
This is the third book that I've read by this author, and I have to say, she's really hit or miss. This book was good, but the main character, Zoey was your typical dumbass teenager dealing with problems way beyond her years. The story starts out with Zoey leaning on her friend Brandon after the news hits the town that Zoey's father has impregnated his 24 year old mistress. Cut to three months later when Zoey's mother tries to kill herself by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills, and then winds...more
I usually like Jennifer Echols books.
but,this book got me a little confused.
dont get me wrong, i liked the theme.
basically, zoey is a troubled teen- with her dad cheating on her mom with his 24 year old HR manager and getting her pragnant, three months later, her mom attempts to suicide, so after admitting her mom at the ER, she goes to a beach party and hooks up with her player friend Brandon.
a week later she gets in a car wreck, wakes up on the next morning, and she cant remember the whole n...more
but,this book got me a little confused.
dont get me wrong, i liked the theme.
basically, zoey is a troubled teen- with her dad cheating on her mom with his 24 year old HR manager and getting her pragnant, three months later, her mom attempts to suicide, so after admitting her mom at the ER, she goes to a beach party and hooks up with her player friend Brandon.
a week later she gets in a car wreck, wakes up on the next morning, and she cant remember the whole n...more
This book is mediocre to say the least, and the writing very amateurish.
It's the first book I read for Jennifer Echols, and will be the last. I got it mainly because of all the raving reviews it received, and when I read the summary on the back, I was very intrigued, and thought the plot seemed interesting enough. Sadly, it wasn't interesting at all. After only reading the first two pages, I knew exactly what I was going to get. And I got it.
It took me a week to read the first two chapters, anot...more
It's the first book I read for Jennifer Echols, and will be the last. I got it mainly because of all the raving reviews it received, and when I read the summary on the back, I was very intrigued, and thought the plot seemed interesting enough. Sadly, it wasn't interesting at all. After only reading the first two pages, I knew exactly what I was going to get. And I got it.
It took me a week to read the first two chapters, anot...more
Zoe is a teenager who is having a few issues with his dad, as we all do when we are that age. She also is keeping a secret about her mom’s whereabouts since she has had a mental breakdown, so when Zoe has an accident and forgets a few things that happened before it, she thinks her dad is going to assume she is as crazy as her mom and then lock her up, so she doesn’t mention the fact that she has amnesia, yeap, she doesn’t remember anything before the accident, okay, she might remember some thing...more
i couldn't finish this book. the main character, zoey, is clueless, naive and just plain old dumb dumb dumb. she is delusional and despite the drama in her life, is incredibly sheltered. she suffers amnesia after getting into a car accident and can't remember the hours leading up to the accident. she actually thinks that her father can and will put her into a mental hospital if she tells anyone that she can't remember what happened, even though a side effect of suffering a concussion tends to be...more
FORGET YOU
Well…I don’t really know what to say about this book. Honestly one third of the last quarter of it was decent.
While I was reading most of it I just had the major part of my brain going ‘this woman is an absolute idiot. I mean when somebody makes you flutter you damn well like the guy!’...apparently she didn’t understand this concept, and also when the thing happened at the beginning of the book that just plain out pissed me off. Imagine it, there's a really fit boy that had been mean t...more
Well…I don’t really know what to say about this book. Honestly one third of the last quarter of it was decent.
While I was reading most of it I just had the major part of my brain going ‘this woman is an absolute idiot. I mean when somebody makes you flutter you damn well like the guy!’...apparently she didn’t understand this concept, and also when the thing happened at the beginning of the book that just plain out pissed me off. Imagine it, there's a really fit boy that had been mean t...more
This book made for an interesting story, but that's as far as it goes. zoey completely killed this story for me. She's so blind to other people it borders on ignorant, and while I get there's a lot of emotional turmoil going on with what's going on in her life she's so damn OBSESSED with sex. Every aspect of a relationship is sex. Her last line in the book is about sex. It's like she does it once and suddenly that's all she's interested in doing.
By the end I was frustrated with Doug because he w...more
By the end I was frustrated with Doug because he w...more
Zoey wasn't an interesting or fascinating female protagonist, quite an irritating and slow-witted girl.
I wish this book had moved beyond her recalling the night of the accident. An exploration on the story about her mother, perhaps a confrontation with her father and/or Ashley...The entire concept of trying to remember one night wasn't all that intriguing for me - I read the book just to get it over with.
Doug was an impressive male lead, and I much preferred reading his dialogue over Zoey's. He...more
I wish this book had moved beyond her recalling the night of the accident. An exploration on the story about her mother, perhaps a confrontation with her father and/or Ashley...The entire concept of trying to remember one night wasn't all that intriguing for me - I read the book just to get it over with.
Doug was an impressive male lead, and I much preferred reading his dialogue over Zoey's. He...more
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Jennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabama—a setting that has inspired many of her books. She has written nine romantic novels for young adults, including the comedy MAJOR CRUSH, which won the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the drama GOING TOO FAR, which was a finalist in the RITA, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Book Buyer’s Bes...more
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