Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac is a book written by Gabrielle Zevin. It narrates the story of Naomi Porter since the moment she falls down the steps of her high school, which causes her to lose her memory of the past four years; to her search for who she was, what she liked and everything, trying to get back to normal; then to realizing that she will never be the same girl again, falling in love, and trying to return to a normal life; to get her memories back, lose her love, remember hurtful things, remember things that hurt others even if she didn't know at that time, sad parts, and others.
I personally liked this book a lot, not only because the romantic part was really down to Earth, but because it was believable. It showed how she was becoming insane, trying to figure out who she was, she didn't recognize herself anymore, she wasn't the 12 year old she thought she was and that was scaring her. So that was what made it believable, it was understandable, and it was easy for my to put myself in her shoes, to feel how she might have been feeling. It was heartbreaking in some parts, funny in others, and I would recommend it to anyone, although I'm not really sure if guys would like it... Because it has romance and things like that.
My favorite character was definitively Will, his eccentric and funny demeanor made me like him from the first instant he appeared in the book, to be honest he had always been my favorite since the start, no offense to Naomi, she was pretty cool as well. But Will was everything I would have wanted her best friend to be, I mean, he understood her perfectly, but he was still slightly mad when he knew that she didn't understand herself as well as he did; he loved Naomi with his heart and everything, so I truly believe that he's a diamond, he's perfect the way he is, even with the weird things, specially with them.
Unlike Will, a character that I didn't like since the beginning was Ace, just the instant he appeared I already knew that I wouldn't like him, call it intuition or something, but I just knew. Maybe it was because he didn't seem an interesting character when he was presented (when Will presented him), or maybe it was because I was already thinking about James and the possible romance it would lead them to. Probably the second one. But another character that I didn't like was James, I mean, at first I loved the guy, but eventually I just thought that I couldn't understand what he was going through, I mean it's possible, but the way he was dealing with it made me kind of mad, or just not able to understand him, which caused my dislike for him. It was also probably his lack of response in some things, and his oblivious attitude towards Naomi in some cases, specially in the end of I am.
I think I will is my favorite part of the book, although I was and I am have nice parts as well; I just prefer I will. Maybe it was because Naomi was finally starting to look in the right direction instead of still trying to figure out who she was, and what she was going to become. But she was presented as a stronger girl that maybe most would have thought she was, and obviously surpassed my expectations. I really like the ending, although I would have wished for the romance in the final couple to develop, or at least show some of it... because that would have been nice. (I totally shipped them from the start).
Well, that's about it, those are all my opinions about the book "Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac". I recommend for the people interested in reading these kind of books to go ahead and do it! I hope I didn't give much away... But anyway, I really recommend it! It's wonderful to read. I read it in two days (if you count the hours it'd be less than one though).
That's it, thanks for reading,
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