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"Recommend it to fans of Gayle Forman's If I Stay." —Library Journal
"Recommend it to fans of Gayle Forman's If I Stay." —Library Journal
She Has Everything She Ever Wanted. But Not Her Memory...
When Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life.
Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.
What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she knows...
Marité's Review:
Rather than beat around the bush, I am going to go out on a limb here and cut to the chase. Six Months Later is an easily forgettable read surely due to disappear from my memory in six-months time. To hit the nail on the head, Chloe is sorely lacking in the originality department. Her inability to communicate her thoughts and emotions without relying on a list of common idioms and phrases was utterly dumbfounding for someone who wishes to major in Psychology. Not only was this confusing as to why someone who is so interested in Psychology can be completely out of touch with her emotions that she can't even describe how she is feeling in her own words, but the lack of her trying to come up with a new way of describing things other than picking from a list of phrases I googled in two seconds (see all of the examples above) made her come off as totally apathetic to how she viewed her predicament despite what was said to the contrary. Her word choices were so dry in fact, everything else became dull. Making it so that I couldn't care enough to like this book or care enough to hate it either.
Verdict: Verdict: ☕☕
About the Author:
Natalie D. Richards won her first writing competition in the second grade with her short story about Barbara Frances Bizzlefishes (who wouldn't dare do the dishes.) She later misplaced her writing dreams in a maze of cubicles and general office drudgery. Natalie never forgot about Barbara or those dishes, and eventually she found her way back to storytelling, following the genre of her heart, teen fiction. When she's not writing or shopping her manuscripts, you can probably find her wading through the towers of dog-eared paperbacks that have taken over her bedroom. Natalie lives in Ohio with her amazing husband and their three children, who inspire her every day to stick with her dreams.
Marité's Review:
Rather than beat around the bush, I am going to go out on a limb here and cut to the chase. Six Months Later is an easily forgettable read surely due to disappear from my memory in six-months time. To hit the nail on the head, Chloe is sorely lacking in the originality department. Her inability to communicate her thoughts and emotions without relying on a list of common idioms and phrases was utterly dumbfounding for someone who wishes to major in Psychology. Not only was this confusing as to why someone who is so interested in Psychology can be completely out of touch with her emotions that she can't even describe how she is feeling in her own words, but the lack of her trying to come up with a new way of describing things other than picking from a list of phrases I googled in two seconds (see all of the examples above) made her come off as totally apathetic to how she viewed her predicament despite what was said to the contrary. Her word choices were so dry in fact, everything else became dull. Making it so that I couldn't care enough to like this book or care enough to hate it either.
Verdict: Verdict: ☕☕
About the Author:
Natalie D. Richards won her first writing competition in the second grade with her short story about Barbara Frances Bizzlefishes (who wouldn't dare do the dishes.) She later misplaced her writing dreams in a maze of cubicles and general office drudgery. Natalie never forgot about Barbara or those dishes, and eventually she found her way back to storytelling, following the genre of her heart, teen fiction. When she's not writing or shopping her manuscripts, you can probably find her wading through the towers of dog-eared paperbacks that have taken over her bedroom. Natalie lives in Ohio with her amazing husband and their three children, who inspire her every day to stick with her dreams.
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