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Nov 11, 2012
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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Jul 27, 2012
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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May 03, 2012
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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Sep 19, 2012
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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Jul 03, 2011
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Apr 05, 2013
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...
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Sep 07, 2010
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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Aug 23, 2011
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...
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Mar 31, 2011
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...
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Sep 07, 2010
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...
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Feb 04, 2012
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...
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Jul 20, 2012
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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Jan 10, 2012
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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Oct 17, 2010
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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Aug 07, 2010
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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Jul 22, 2010
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...
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Apr 29, 2010
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...
Jan 19, 2013
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...
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May 21, 2012
WOW...I think this book was even better than "Going too far". Thank you Pavlina for your recommendation.. :D
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Aug 13, 2010
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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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Apr 10, 2013
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...
Mar 29, 2013
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...
Feb 24, 2013
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...
Feb 13, 2013
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...
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Nov 23, 2012
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...
Nov 11, 2012
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...
Nov 04, 2012
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...
Nov 03, 2012
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...
Sep 01, 2012
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...
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Jul 31, 2012
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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