Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac 2nd EDIT

Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac is a girl named Naomi, who is an orphan that was adopted from Russia after she was found in a typewriter case. The book Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac is about how she lives in Brooklyn with her adoptive parents her friends, but after an tragic accident, she can't remember anything from the last few years. Although some elements of her story sound unique, I think that most of her story follows the same plot and storyline as another book that I've read about an amnesiac, called Remember Me?

In both the books, a female trips and falls, gets into a car accident, or suffers some other slight damage to their head. Then, she wakes up in the hospital acting like how she acted before the time period that she can't remember. Then, you think that she's kind of witty, and a funny person, (you like her) but in reality, she's acting totally different than how she did in their "old life". As it turns out, she went from zero to hero within the time that she's forgotten. Outside of her personality, she has a close friend, a guy of course, and someone that she's in a relationship with. After a while of trying to ease into where she left off in their life before her accident, she decides that she doesn't fit in there anymore, and gets a new group to hang out with, or at least is friends with a few other people. And then she breaks up/divorces (with) her boyfriend/husband and admits her feelings for her best friend, who has had feelings for the girl along.

The thing that I dislike about this book is that it's so much like the other traumatic-head-incident-turns-amnesia books, like Remember Me?. They were both good books, but both had the same exact story line, which made it un-interesting to me because I knew what was going to happen.

Other than that, I like the story; it's one of those stories where you know that there's going to be a happy ending, and everything turns out ok. There's also a lot of character development, because the main character struggles throughout the book at finding out who they "really" are.

In the future, I would want to find a book about amnesia without a similar plot line, and take notes more on the character's development and look deeper into their actions. I think that if I reread Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and Remember Me? and read between the lines more, I would have a better understanding of what the characters went through and could better distinguish the story lines based on what the character feels.

In conclusion, although I think that Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and Remember Me? have similar plot lines, I think that rereading them thoroughly will help me appreciate them separately.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac: EDITED

Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac is a girl named Naomi, who is an orphan that was adopted from Russia after she was found in a typewriter case. The book Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac is about how she lives in Brooklyn with her adoptive parents her friends, but after an tragic accident, she can't remember anything from the last few years. Although some elements of her story sound unique, I think that most of her story follows the same plot and storyline as another book that I've read about an amnesiac, called Remember Me?

In both the books, a female trips and falls, gets into a car accident, or suffers some other slight damage to their head. Then, she wakes up in the hospital acting like how she acted before the time period that she can't remember. Then, you think that she's kind of witty, and a funny person, (you like her) but in reality, she's acting totally different than how she did in their "old life". As it turns out, she went from zero to hero within the time that she's forgotten. Outside of her personality, she has a close friend, a guy of course, and someone that she's in a relationship with. After a while of trying to ease into where she left off in their life before her accident, she decides that she doesn't fit in there anymore, and gets a new group to hang out with, or at least is friends with a few other people. And then she breaks up/divorces (with) her boyfriend/husband and then kisses her best friend, who has had feelings for the girl along.

The thing that I dislike about this book is that it's so much like the other traumatic-head-incident-turns-amnesia books. For example, the book Remember Me? was a good book, but it had the same exact story line.

Other than that, I like the story; it's one of those stories where you know that there's going to be a happy ending, and everything turns out ok. There's also a lot of character development, seeing as were they were before they lost their memory.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Reading Response to Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac is a girl named Naomi, who is an orphan that was adopted from Russia. Now, she lives in Brooklyn with her adoptive parents, her friends, and everybody else.
Her best friend, Will, is one of the nicest, most relate-able people she knows, although he gets mad easily...too bad you only find that out later, because in the beginning of the book, Naomi can't even remember him.
Following her traumatic fall, when she saved the yearbook camera from pulverization and bumped her head, Naomi can't remember a single thing about the past four years.
Going through her things when she returns home from the hospital, she's still in the mindset of who she was four years before. She think it's ridiculous when she finds the notebook with the calorie counts for the day, she finds a dress that's a bit too small and hears about a boyfriend named Ace, who she plays tennis, her favorite sport, with.
What I dislike the most about this book is that it's so much like the other traumatic-head-incident-turns-amnesia books. For example, the book Remember Me? was a good book, but it had the same exact story line.
I mean, EXACT.
A female trips and falls, gets into a car accident, or suffers some other slight damage to their head. Then, they wake up in the hospital acting like how they acted before the time period that they can't remember. Thennn... you think that they're kind of witty, and a funny person, but they remember none of their old life. As it turns out, that they went from zero to hero within time that they've forgotten. Well, they have a close friend, a guy of course, and someone that they're in a relationship with. After a while of trying to ease into where they left off in their life before their accident, they decide that they don't fit in there anymore and they get a new group to hang out with, or at least be friends with a few other people. And then they break up/divorce (with) their boyfriend/husband and then kiss their best friend, who has had feelings for the girl along.
Other than that, I like the story; it's one of those stories where you know that there's going to be a happy ending, and everything turns out ok. There's also a lot of character development, seeing as were they were befor they lost their memory.