Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for a honest review!

REMEMBER ME is about Blue Owens who wakes up one day and finds a note in her closet saying to meet on a train at 7:00 in the morning on her birthday with no clue of how it got there. Blue finds out that she got a memory loss surgery that removes specific memories of people. Blue had removed her memory of a boy, Adam, who meets her on the train as per their prior agreement. As Blue tries to understand and remember why she removed her memories she also uncovers darker moments that may have been better left alone.

Overall, it's not a bad concept. I just don't think it was executed very well.... I did like the idea of the book of loss of memory and finding your way back to remembering etc but the book and it's pacing felt very off. I didn't really connect with Blue much and I didn't care for any of the other characters. I wanted to like the book and I did finish it but I felt myself skimming some chapters due to boredom.

1.5 stars for the concept.

There was much i liked about this book relatable characters, bits of awareness about lgbt and racism and class issues. there was moments of beautiful writing about love and grief. the story, being told backwards worked in some ways but in other ways it made it too detached and impersonal, so it felt a bit bogged down. It was an interesting premise

I received this book as an ARC in exchange for my honest review. This book reminded me of a couple others I’ve read, but the premise is something I find myself interested in. How far would you go to forget your pain and suffering?

I wish there had been more plot. The second half of the book was mostly told in flashbacks. The ending was too neat and tidy, it felt rushed. But it made me feel, and it made me cry.

This was my first Estelle Laure book, and though I can see why she has such a devoted following, this book just missed the mark a little for me. The synopsis gave much of the book away.

The main character, Blue wakes up the day before her 17th birthday, and discovers that something strange is going on. She gets a note to meet someone, but she has no idea who the note is from, or who she is supposed to meet. Long story short (and as learned from the synopsis), Blue has undergone a memory erasing procedure. Set in a future society, the ability to erase memories you no longer want is a real possibility. Once she realizes what she has done, she is compelled to find out what could have been so devastating that she would want her memory erased. The last half of the book is her reliving her memories.

This story involves themes of love, loss, mental illness, bullying, moving on and the profound effect grief has on everyone it touches. Such an intriguing premise - choosing to alleviate the memories that cause unrelenting grief. I fear that if that procedure were available today, too many people would jump at the chance without really considering the cost. The feelings of loss, although devastating and painful, are, in the end, part of our humanness, and a natural part of life and growth. I wish the characters in this story were flushed out a little deeper. I felt that at least two of the characters, though did learn valuable lessons.

A very interesting story to be sure and I think a lot of people will enjoy this one. For me, I wanted a tad more. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance copy to read and review.

Remember Me was a cute, insightful story about the tragedies that happen in life and how we as humans have to cope with it, learn to move on and live what time we have left. At first, it was a slow start and I had trouble keeping interest. I read a few reviews and that pushed me to keep going. Overall; I'm glad I did. Not only was Blue's story emotional and poignant, it filled me with a sense of how I need to alter my own grieving in life. While pushing it down, shoving the emotions away, and forcing yourself to not feel may be the easy route, it ultimately isn't possible. The grief still comes; one way or another. Whether it be slowly fading over time, or hitting you like a punch to the gut one day years down the road, it still comes.

I think what made me not like the beginning so much is the fact that I felt I was reading a modern day version of Perks of Being a Wallflower. Three friends, each with crazy unique personalities. One, whose younger than the other two and is soon to be left behind as they go off to college, all while dealing with serious mental health issues. It seemed a little redundant, and I feel Estelle Laure spent too much time on the beginning; therefore rushing the end.

But once the story began to fall into place, and the ball got rolling, I really enjoyed what I was reading. It's a concept I've heard of in other YA dystopian type books; Delirium and ridding 'love' to keep society successful, Matched and being paired off the bat so no harm comes to the heart, things like that. But I've never seen it done quite like this. I think it being so realistic is what made me enjoy the story and its meaning even more. It does seem like a realistic feat, being able to erase memories. I wouldn't be surprised if that became a normal occurrence in the far future.

The reason I gave it three stars, however, is that I felt something was missing. I believe it to be just how short the book was, it was hard to care about Blue and her tragedies, or connect to the other characters. Maybe that's what Laure intended, wanting the story to be brief to leave most interpretation up to the reader, but I would've loved to get more substance from the book. More of the aftermath of the procedure between Blue and Adam, and reuniting with her family. Especially with the doctor who performed on Blue. Her abrupt comments about her own experience with the surgery I found odd, because it was never elaborated on.

While I do feel it was too brief, I did enjoy Laure's writing style and the premise overall. I look forward to seeing her other work, and how the public reacts to this story once it's released. I think many other people could use flipping through these pages, maybe helping them on their journey towards healing after grief, regret, and pain.

Deeply thought-provoking, Remember Me left me with the same question asked in the synopsis. If I could have all my memories erased and wake up the next day forgetting all the bad things that ever happened to me, would I?

Remember Me opens on the eve of protagonist Blue Owens' seventeenth birthday, when she finds the note in her jewellery box instructing her to get on the Little Blue Bus the following morning. She doesn't know where the note came from, how she came to possess it, or who she could be meeting on the bus, but she feels compelled to follow its instructions. It's there that she meets Adam Mendoza, and the missing pieces of the puzzle start to come together over the remainder of the book.

A captivating and engaging read, with strong themes of trauma, loss, depression, and grief, I found this one hard to put down, reading the entire book in two sittings. Although Laure has penned many novels, this is the first I've read, and I thought it was well written. I liked the strong LGBTQ+ representation and use of pronouns for the character of Jack, as well.

I read some pretty negative reviews about Remember Me which is unfortunate because I found it to be an excellent read. While it did have some dark themes, I found it extremely relatable on a personal level. As someone who has struggled with anorexia and depression for most of my life, and tried many forms of treatment, I've often wondered if I would have that part of myself erased if I could. When thinking about that question, as alluring as it would be, I can't say I'd delete that illness from my life, because it's a part of me, and removing that would be removing so much more.

All in all, I really liked this book. Despite its heavy themes, it was an easy read. I'm keen to read more of Estelle's work, and have a craving for more Young Adult and LGBTQ+ fiction after this one.

I think I've read too many Dystopians to believe erasing memories is ever a good thing. The writing of Remember Me is good. But the story is very slow to get going. Though it's set in the future, it's more of a contemporary character driven read. Maybe I just don't have the attention span for it right now. I'm temporarily putting the book down and plan to return to it at a later date.

I did skim read a little and ran across this passage that I like which is subject to change in the published edition:

Real life isn’t always as shiny as the memories we wish we had, but it is real and that’s the important part. Sometimes feelings get the better of us. But I know now that they pass, or they pass and come back, but never the same as they were before.
“Some things are fate,”I say.

***Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for the review copy.***

I don't think there's even a possibility that I'll be able to write out everything I feel about this book in this review. It's only July, but I can say with complete certainty that this will be one of my favorite books of the year and I've already preordered it so I can have a physical copy when it comes out this October.

Remember Me is an honest and raw story about love and grief. Our main character Blue wakes up one morning to find that she feels exceedingly strange. She finds a note in her room that contains a mysterious meeting place, although she has no memory of how it got there. Throughout the day, she discovers more and more gaps in her memory and gets physically ill when she pushes herself to remember those blank spots. Resigning herself to solve this issue, she decides to go to the meeting place on the note. There, she meets a boy she seems to be immediately drawn to: Adam. She then learns that she had elected to have some of her memories removed. From then on, pieces start to fall into place and Blue has to decide if her memories are worth saving without knowing why she wanted them erased in the first place.

The word heartbreaking is not enough to describe this novel. Throughout the entire second half of the book, I sobbed, and I mean can't breath, can't see through the tears sobbed. Laure does an incredible job of writing about the impact of profound loss on not only the person directly affected, but the people around them as well. We want to be mad about how other people react to those affected, but we can't because we can see where they're coming from. The sheer impact of the emotions portrayed is weighty enough on its own, but coupled with the style and form of the writing, there's no escaping them, even for the toughest reader.

I could not recommend this book more and I'm excited to force all of my friends to read it, so they can be as upset as me.

Remember me by Estelle Laure follows high schooler Blue when she wakes up to find that everyone is treating her differently. She also finds that her backpack is full of orange juice and there is a mysterious note telling her to take a bus the next day (her birthday) at 7:45 a.m..

When she gets to the bus she meets Adam Mendoza and discovers that he was a great part of her life but she can't remember him at all. This isn't uncommon as the year is 2030 and it was common for people to erase bad or traumatic memories.

Blue tries to find a way to recover her lost memories and in the process she realizes that Adam isn't the only thing that has been erased from her memory.

Some of the things I liked about this book were how the book focused on topics like grief, loss and trauma and how it impacted people differently. I also thought the pacing and structure of the book was solid. The first part focused on Blue trying to get her memory back and the second half was of her remembering the memories she has erased.

Overall, I thought the book was solid. The story-line held promise and the characters were interesting. However, it isn't a book I have a high desire to reread again and therefore I gave it 3.5 stars.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this!

a definite DNF, the story was all over the place, I could not continue. I do like to read YA books and maybe a YA would like this one, but I could not continue to read this

Remember Me is a YA contemporary fiction book that deals with some very heavy topics. **SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD**

The biggest thing for me about this is the way that mental health is dealt with. I think the intended takeaway was supposed to be: bad things happen and we go through them instead of avoiding them. But really Blue has some serious shit she’s dealing with and just getting memories back wouldn’t make everything better. I think it’s super dangerous to sell that story to teens: they can have suicidal ideology one day and then be just fine with a little mindset adjustment.

I also really DID NOT like that so much of the story was given to us in the regained memories all at once. I don’t think the device really worked.

I’m so hard on the rhetoric of YA books. I was a suicidal teen and all of the adults in my life were just not helpful. I turned to books—some of them helped and some of them just made me feel so much worse. This is a book that has the unintended potential of making things worse.

ah não. não. apenas... não

eu não sei ainda qual nota vou dar ou de que forma comentar sobre esse livro que EXALA irresponsabilidade, falta de ética e de profissionalismo. não sou de qualquer forma alguém que entenda um pouco de psicologia, mas esse livro deve tirar essas pessoas do sério.

não recomendo.

When I read the premise of Remember Me by Estelle Laure, I thought that this would be similar to the other memory loss stories I’ve read in the past. Blue Evans wakes up and finds a note, telling her to be on a bus at a particular time. She can’t remember where it came from, but she knows something is off, so she decides to do it. This is when she realizes that chunks of her memory are missing.

Though not officially broken into two parts, the story feels like it’s told in this way. The first half of the book is Blue trying to figure out what is happening and why she has no memory of the boy Adam, who she meets on the bus, along with many other aspects of her life. The second part is her remembering parts of her life, and this is where the story really changes and becomes much different than other memory loss stories. I don’t want to give anything away, but I can honestly say that I stayed up all night reading. The second half of the book was a serious page turner, with a lot of revelations and surprises.

I would definitely recommend this book and want to stress that it is a unique and fascinating read! A big thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

I keep going back and forth between 3 and 4 stars. The plot and quirky characters gripped me from the start, and I read it quickly, wanting to uncover the truth as much as the main character, Blue Owens, did. I think the story has a lot of messages that everyone, especially those Blue and Adam's age, need to learn about life, love and loss. I also appreciated and enjoyed the addition of non-binary character, Jack! They were great. But I feel like this book should come with some major trigger warnings - suicide, cancer, abandonment, depression, extreme grief and trauma. Also, the way the adults in the story, save for Dr Sweet, dealt with Blue's emotions and reactions to her grief, felt extreme, irresponsible and distressing. The friendships between Blue, Turtle and Jack, as well as Adam and Blue's unstoppable romance were my favorite parts of the book.

I love all of Estelle Laure’s books. This one was no different. They are always beautifully written.

I want to start off by saying that Estelle Laure is a fantastic writer. She wrote this book in a way that I wasn’t expecting. The narration flowed and the story was gripping. I just had a hard time with this book. I guess I was expecting more self discovery. It’s hard to explain what about the book bothered me without going into spoilers so I won’t do that. The subject matter in the book is pretty heavy and if you’re not ready for it, it will hit you pretty hard. Again, Estelle Laure is a fantastic writer and I will definitely read more of her books in the future. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Okay I don't know how I feel about this one... On one hand, there's a lot in here that I found distressing. The unbelievably callous and unethical actions of Dr. Vargas and the way that a number of adults in Blue's life dealt with her grief and trauma, being foremost among them. On the other, there's a lot in here that I think delivers the kind of messages that everyone - especially teenagers - need to hear about the realities of life and pain and grief. My fear is that unless someone reads the entire thing all the way through, they will flounder in the negative messaging without getting to the positive, because the book is a difficult read and I can see where someone struggling with issues of grief and depression might not make it to the other side. That is, of course, exactly the nature of what they are struggling with, after all. Still, Laure has done a commendable job at raising difficult issues and forcing them to be looked at, Eyes Wide Open, and even if I'm not quite comfortable with the way she is gone about it, I do give her credit for addressing a supremely difficult and supremely timely issue.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. I liked the premise of the book a lot and how it was revealed to the reader, little by little, what was going on in Blue's life. We know that Blue had her memories Released but we're not sure why. The story held my attention and made me want to know more about Blue's past. Trigger warning: there are elements of teen suicide.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I did end up enjoying this book in the end. But there were parts of the book that felt slow and caused my attention to wander and I had a hard time staying focused on the book. But, the plot helped keep me focused as I wondered what was going to happen next.

I really enjoyed this book. At the beginning I kind of thought it would just be a re-written version of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but it became so much deeper and meaningful. The author's writing style was beautiful and poetic, and there were so many quotes from the book that I wrote down in my notebook to remember. I am definitely interested in reading more by this author, and would recommend this book. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.