Michelle Madow
Autore di Remembrance
Serie
Opere di Michelle Madow
Remembrance 2 copie
Blood Moon 2 copie
Die Elemente der Magie - Wasser 1 copia
Die Elemente der Magie - Feuer 1 copia
Äther: Die Elemente der Magie 1 1 copia
Shadow Moon 1 copia
Äther: Die Elemente der Magie 1 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Madow, Michelle
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Istruzione
- Rollins College (BA|English)
- Attività lavorative
- Author
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Charles Hyde Pratt Award for Excellence in Creative Writing
Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honour Society - Agente
- Molly Ker Hawn (The Bent Agency)
- Breve biografia
- Michelle Madow lives in Boca Raton, FL, where she writes novels for young adults.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 63
- Utenti
- 938
- Popolarità
- #27,380
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 69
- ISBN
- 59
- Lingue
- 1
In many ways REMEMBRANCE will engage and captivate a reader plus there's a lot to recommend in that Madow doesn't make Drew mysterious or interesting by making him kind of wicked or slightly bad, nor does she make Lizzie into a milquetoast who needs to grow up. I think any girl who reads this would be able to relate to Lizzie's predicament. With a boyfriend who seems to be growing distant with every minute that goes by and a new guy who she feels a connection to, it's understandable why Lizzie would feel at a loss. Even without the past life flashes high school dating politics are difficult to navigate quite frankly.
I think where some of the disconnect for me began was with Lizzie's best friend Chelsea. It's not that I begrudge Chelsea her feelings of jealousy or resentment with Lizzie when it looks like Drew (who begins dating Chelsea) is paying more attention to Lizzie then herself. Or that I wouldn't react the same way when told the guy I was emotionally involved with really only dated me because of my best friend. It's more that I never got the impression Chelsea and Lizzie were such good friends to begin with.
It seemed that almost from the first pages Chelsea had something to say about Lizzie. Whether it was her clothing, or her musings about Jeremy (Lizzie's boyfriend) growing so distant or her family, Chelsea didn't seem to have the time for it. And then she quickly started going off the reservation when it came to even the most innocent of moments between Lizzie and Drew. Did she not want them to get along? Was she that insecure? Though to be fair Lizzie spent a good chunk of time resenting Chelsea for having Drew as a boyfriend (as if it's her fault?).
Some of it seemed to be explained away by 'All this happened before' reincarnated history repeats itself talk. Old feelings and impressions pass from one life to the next, old feuds and animosities pass from one life to the next (which isn't quite how reincarnation works) that sort of thing. And I'm not quite sure I agree with the notion that in order to have her great love (Drew), Lizzie had to lose Chelsea as a friend (which is kind of how it sounded).
The uncertainty and frustration of dating in high school was part of why I enjoyed this book however. Madow paced the book well and didn't make anyone into a victim (well other than of fate). Jeremy, who was a jerk at first, and Lizzie's relationship is given a good amount of history so we can see that they just weren't meant for each other, but kept trying because they felt obligated to. And even if Drew and Lizzie were 'fated' to be together, neither was enthused about it at first. Drew is kind of like 'let me live how I want to live' and Lizzie is dead certain she should make things work with Jeremy.
I did find the ending obstacle a bit meh. I almost wish that it had come earlier and instead of reacting the way she did it drove Lizzie a little crazy. Her sudden arbitrary refusal to distinguish the past from the present was forced feeling.
Review originally posted at Night Owl Reviews… (altro)