The Crooked Bookies discussion

Our book for February--comment here!

I don't really know what to think about this book. The idea is interesting and thought provoking but the characters just didn't do anything for me! There were parts that moved fairly fast but towards the end I just wanted it to be over... never a good thing for a book... and I guess now thinking about I should have known better I wasn't a fan of The Husbands Secret.

But seriously can you imagine losing 10 years of your life ?? I don't think I could handle that I'd have a complete nervous breakdown!

I noticed that I gave the book 3 stars--apparently I wasn't that impressed with it either! :)

I agree that this book is just kind of there. Which is frustrating, because the premise is so, so neat: a woman suffers a head injury and forgets the last 10 years of her life, and she now thinks she's madly in love with her "new" husband, who, in actuality, she's preparing to divorce. There's so much potential in that setup. For some reason, despite how richly created the characters in this book are, I just never came to care about them.

Why is that? I mean, every character in this book is well crafted, and Moriarty's writing is excellent. And there's lots of emotional drama that's not overdone. I think the reason I never got fully invested in this book is because I didn't allow myself to. I kept myself at a distance, waiting, guarded, for the preachy moral of the story: And, so, women, let this novel be a lesson to you: Never let yourself become too powerful. If you do, you might break your family apart because Hubs can't handle you anymore.

And wasn't that the lesson in the end? Be an alpha-female, if you want to, but don't be too much of one? I knew this book would conclude with Alice, chastised and re-dociled, mending her relationship with Nick. But I kept hoping it wouldn't end that way. I wanted her to snap out of her amnesia, remember why Nick was no longer ideal for her, claim her badassery, and move on with her new beta boyfriend in tow.

The book does have its perks. It's well written. It's creative. It's interestingly arranged. It's not bad. What Alice Forgot, for me, is a decent beach read that could have been good literature.

So, who were you gals 10 years ago? What if your 10-year-ago self were suddenly in possession of your current body and life? What would she think of you?

My 21 year old self would probably be happy where I am career wise and the fact that I am very financially stable. In the terms of my relationship I think at 21 I expected to be where I am now. But as far as my body if I had this at 21 I think I would turn into Alice and be a gym addict!! (I need to start eating more healthy

My 25-year-old self was happily convinced she'd never have kids. It would be a shock, suddenly being the mother of three of them. I don't think she'd cope very well.