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Apr 20, 2017
Jessica
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Basically, Liane Moriarty writes crack cocaine fiction. I have now read three of her books, and every one them had to be read in a day because they are UNPUTDOWNABLE. I absolutely could have read twice as many pages, and been just as riveted. The other two I've read were a bit different, in that they were about murders and affairs and things that I (hopefully) never encounter. This one was addictive because it was a bit more normal. A mom, with three kids, who suddenly forgets the last ten years
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I really wanted to give this book 5 stars. For most of it I lived the book, in a way that I haven't done for a long time. I loved seeing people react to "young Alice" and was fascinated by the idea of having lost all memory of the last 10 years (how would I react if I thought it was 2006 and woke up to 2016? Probably wouldn't be quite as big a shock as for Alice, as there haven't been quite as many changes in my life - but still!).
Unfortunately the end was a bit of a let-down. Once Alice gets he ...more
Unfortunately the end was a bit of a let-down. Once Alice gets he ...more

An excellent premise for a well-executed novel; I really had a hard time putting this one down. I loved how Moriarty gives us snippets of what happened in Alice's 10 "lost" years as she realizes what has brought her to the person she has now become.
Highly recommended. ...more
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3.5 stars
4 for readability
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4 for readability
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