I really wanted to love this book, but it just didn't grab my attention. The premise of the story sounded so interesting, but it seemed to miss the mark.

This was a slow burn and while it wasn't bad, it wasn't that great. Primarily character driven, it was an overview of the complications between three close friends, two of whom are married for the book. The premise is good: using a loss of memory to go on a deep character dive, but the story just didn't have much to propel me forward.

The premise of the book is great and the author really delivers. Great read. Highly recommended. .

This book was just an okay read. Although there were a few twists in it the story overall was quite predictable and did not keep me interested.

I have tried a few times to get through this book. I expected so much more. Claire has amnesia due to a mosquito bite she got while traveling. She wakes up in a hospital in the Florida Keys She does not remember being married to Charlie or much about Rachel. Charlie takes her home and he and Rachel try to help Claire remember. The story alternates between these three characters.

I just did not find this story going anywhere. Needed more tension between the characters, a good premise to start the story. Just needs help in the execution.

This novel had great deal of potential. A globe-trotting journalist becomes ill resulting in the re-forming of a triangular relationship with her best friend and husband as they come together to help her heal. The problem was all of these characters seemed so dissatisfied with their lives, that it was overall just really morose and plodding. The ending is really no surprise, but comes quickly, in a "let's just wrap this up now" way. Just could not connect with these characters.

Claire, a globe trotting journalist, wakes up in a hospital in the Florida Keys. She does not know how she arrived. Oddly, Claire remembers specific events as a child, her parents lives and even her grandparents, all long gone. But yesterday, last month, last year - absolutely nothing. Her passport reveals she has recently arrived via India and doctors confirm the swelling surrounding her brain was caused by Japanese Encephalitis. A virus caused by a mosquito bite, there is no cure. As she heals, her memory may slowly return. Her husband Charlie and best friend Rachel help put together the puzzle that is her life. Steering Claire through photographs and stories, buried secrets of love and regret come bubbling to the surface. Are these their memories or hers? Narrated by three different perspectives we go along on an emotional roller coaster of time, curiously examining the value and beauty of our precious past.

I DNF'd this one - just wasn't for me. I felt like I had read this exact story before, none of the characters grabbed me, and I feel like in a book like this, it should immediately grab the reader. Just wasn't my taste.

I found this story engaging and intriguing, but a little disjointed. I'm still not certain that I understand everyone's motivations as the story proceeded. But .... maybe that was the point?

It was very difficult to get through this book. While I've been drawn to fiction, lately, that questions memory, I found the characters themselves underdeveloped, unlikeable, and fragmented, which led to a flailing plotline and no resolution. This is well-written; just not my style.

How much do you depend on memory? Are some memories actual or stories that once related become real? That's kind of the core of this character driven novel. The three main characters are layered and complex, each one a little mysterious and intriguing. The narration alternates between the three and there are plenty pf opportunities to interpret the experiences related. I thought the premise was quite good, and Joanna Luloff kept the promise of the premise.

I really enjoy the amnesia stories that are so popular these days. Much in the same way I enjoy books that revolve around sociopaths, characters with memory loss allow me to experience a different viewpoint without experiencing a massive accident or illness. They confirm how much our memories complete our personalities and reiterate how deceiving outwardly appearances are without the backstory. So I always open these types of novels expecting secrets and other little twists that will shock the main character (and the reader) into understanding that his (or her) life was not quite how others presented it. Unfortunately, in Remind Me Again What Happened, the story is less about the past and the secrets and more about moving into the future. I am less of a fan of this type of amnesiac story.

For one thing, Remind Me Again What Happened is not a thriller. There is no one deliberately keeping secrets from Claire, manipulating the past to force a different present. There is no danger; there is no toxic relationship about which Claire is oblivious. Charlie loves her. Rachel loves her. She remembers them both from when they were in college. They are open with her about her job and her missing past, providing her with all of her notes and photographs; it helps that she was a journalist and therefore kept copious notes that could help her fill in the gaps. Yes, the group dynamic may be different than it was twenty years ago, but the raw emotions are still there and continue to connect one to the other.

Another aspect of the story which makes it different from other amnesiac stories is the fact that we get three different viewpoints of Claire's past and present. We see how things used to be in college and later as a married couple through Charlie's and Rachel's memories. We see how much of a struggle it is to remain patient with someone with almost no short-term memory and a twenty-year gap in memories. We see the strain this causes on all of them, including Claire. The lack of one-sidedness to the story helps flesh out the characters and adds depth to the story itself.

While Remind Me Again What Happened is a lovely story about relationships and how they change over time, it is not my preferred type of story. I want more drama. I want tension and conflict and all of the messy highs and lows of emotions. Instead, Remind Me Again What Happened is placid. The emotions are muted, and there is no real tension to give you that urge to keep reading. The characters interact as if everyone is walking on eggshells, and no one wants to be the person to break one. For the right reader, there is plenty to enjoy. Ms. Luloff's writing is very pretty as well as being effective, and all three characters have a depth to them that avoids them falling into the caricature trap. Remind Me Again What Happened might not be what I wanted in an amnesia-based novel, but I can still appreciate how others would find a lot to love within its pages.

3.5 SECRETS AND BURIED RESENTMENTS are brought to the forefront front when three long standing friends are brought together again after a tragic illness. Claire, out of the country working on a story, is bitten by a mosquito and contracts Japanese encephalitis. The result is brain damage that effects her memory and seizures. Although they had all once been closer than close, each other family, Claire had married Charlie. Charlie, trying to find his wife in the new Claire, has trouble coping and calls on Rachel to come to their Sid.

A very insular novel as the whole story is the alternating thoughts of just these three characters. Everything we learn about them are in flashbacks or menories. Things are far from as simple as they appear as they harbor thoughts, secrets not dealt with, from their shared paths. Claire, of course, remembers little of this, and that is a source of frustration, not only for her, but for Rachel and Charlie. The story is very reality based, could definitely see something like this happening, but it is also not terribly exciting. I never felt close to these people, felt like I was observing them from a distance, though I was privy to their most personal thoughts. Never quite got a handle on Charlie, didn't feel as if I knew him.

The ending I liked, it fit with everything that came before, and again felt real based on what we learned throughout the novel. So, I did like it, glad I read it, but never fully embraced the characters.

ARC from Netgalley.

The characters were not like able, but the story was realistic and the plot compelled me to continue reading. It ended the only way it rally could have.

A wonderful engaging debut by Joanna Luloff, Remind Me Again What Happened explores the strength of character relationships by teasing out memory. Is it possible to rebuild a relationship built on positive memories alone? What remains of that relationship if that happens?

Thanks to NetGalley and Algonquin for the opportunity to read this book!

#RemindMeAgainWhatHappened was such a quiet book but it has stayed with me long after I have read it. The poignant story of a woman who suffers short term memory loss and has to learn to live again with her own life that seems so unfamiliar on a daily basis; the author has done such a good job at bringing out her fears, trials and insecurities without any fuss or drama. This book is inspirational in the message it sends about the essential freedom and resilience of the human spirit. Thank you to the publishers and #Netgalley for this very satisfying read.

Claire, a journalist, contracted a virus while traveling for work. This virus put Claire into a coma and erases her memory when we awakes. Her husband Charlie and her best friend Rachel come together to care for Claire. This book is told in alternating points of view between Claire, Charlie and Rachel.

I generally enjoy books that are written in from multiple points of view as it gives me more insight into what is going on. This book was no different, although I found myself frustrated with each character for different reasons and never really connected with any of them, outside of frustration. Overall, I did enjoy the book, but the ending left me wanting more, just to tie up loose ends.

Thank you to Netgalley & the publisher for allowing me to read this book as an ARC.

This was a different book about a journalist who loses her memory after contracting a rare form of encephalitis while on assignment in another country. It reads almost like a fictional compilation of varying, connecting memoirs - that was pretty cool. There are pieces that are not fully explained, which is frustrating, but does coincide with the overall memory loss. What does become inherent throughout this read is that our memories are what create our identities, solidify our relationships, and define our purpose. When Claire loses her memory, she becomes a different person, and this reality therefore effects her husband and best friend in a multitude of ways that seems unsalvageable. Although the storyline seemed a bit redundant at times, the characters and the glimpse of how Claire's memory loss leads to their introspective thoughts and present, internal struggles was enlightening and real - no one is completely supportive and "saint-like" when faced with such a life altering experience. The end clarifies that Claire's true spirit never disappeared with her memory and this fact contributed to a different kind of happy ending. I was pleasantly surprised with Remind Me Again What Happened, as I did not expect it to be as exploratory into the human psyche as it was.

Thank you to NetGalley for this free, digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

I read the book from cover to cover and never found the mystery supposedly lying at the heart of Claire, Rachel and Charlie's stories. Nothing really ever happens, and yes I understand that there are some potentially interesting ideas about how our memories shape us and define us, but these could have been more effectively examined if there had actually been a semi-decent plot written within the pages of this book. Disappointing.

Joanna Luloff's Remind Me Again What Happened presents itself as a good mystery. At first. But the more we delve into the story, we begin to feel a growing frustration with characters that seem not to show any growth or development and a plot that advances at a sluggish pace. After the main character Claire wakes up in the Florida Keys without any recollection of what happened to her, she finds that she must rely on her husband Charlie and her best friend Rachel to piece back together the pieces of her elusive memory.
The story is told from the point of view of all three characters, but it doesn't take long to figure out that Claire is a selfish brat, Charlie a weakling and Rachel a pushover. Although imperfections and character flaws are by no means a deal breaker for a good story, in this case the plot falls through the cracks. As Claire remembers bits and pieces, her behavior towards her husband becomes colder and towards Rachel more hypocritical. We find that Claire and Charlie had been living apart for a while, the latter a willing keeper of his wife's secrets of which she is sure he doesn't know about. But Rachel and Charlie have secrets of their own, that while relevant to the story, are left tragically underdeveloped.
In the end, the story finishes pretty much as it began. Except we readers join Claire in not knowing at all what really happened.