Name: Jeannette Ordas's review of All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
Item: All Is Not Forgotten
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Author: Jeannette Ordas

Wendy Walker

"An assured, powerful novel that blends suspense and rich family drama...it is, in a word, unforgettable." --William Landay, author of DEFENDING JACOB It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world. As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town - or perhaps lives among them - drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

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All Is Not Forgotten

Julie Pib

Jeannette Ordas

Ugh, I hated the writing from the beginning and yet there was something compelling that made me finish the whole book. I should have stuck with my first impulse.

This book is so unbelievably underrated. So grateful I saw it at a second-hand bookstore or I wouldn't have ever read it, but it is AMAZING!! Heavy on the trigger warnings, and graphic details, so beware. A psychological thriller about a girl who was S/A'd but was given a treatment so she doesn't remember what happened. The whole book is written from different times, so you get a lot of foreshadowing, but nothing could've prepared me for the actual ending!! Fans of "The Silent Patient", you guys are going to love this book! IF THERE WAS A RANKING HIGHER THAN 5 STARS, I WOULD USE IT FOR THIS BOOK!!!

Leena <3

chloe mcpherson

20th March 2020 
3.5 stars
***TRIGGER WARNING***


This story centres around a girl who has been violently attacked in the woods not far from where a party was being held, hours following the attack Jenny is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory.

This story has a very unique narration style, he narrator was drawing the story out, giving clues and dropping bombs - then getting sidetracked and jumping around in the timeline. 

This book was graphic and deeply disturbing, this was close to a 4 star read for me however I had a few issues with some characters but nonetheless this is the second book I have read by Wendy Walker and have enjoyed.

Caroline Lewicki

Wow. Just wow.

This book was so difficult at times. It's graphic. It drudges up the ugliest parts of rape and the investigation that surrounds Jenny Cramer's. It talks about the desire to forget, but the importance of remembering and living through trauma. It's so important but challenging to hear, especially if you're a survivor of sexual assault.

The end will really twist the knife in your gut. You won't be sure where something in the book is going until you get to the end and then everything comes at you full force. I highly, highly recommend this book.

Couldn't finish this sadistic porn book.
Disturbing on so many levels mainly because of the narration.
Wish it was written better but seemed like a psychotic manual for disturbed individuals.
Not my cup of tea at all and I read all sorts of stuff!

Dorian Avers

Overall I did like this book. I'll give a short opinion because I think I wrote everything in my notes while reading. I liked the idea of the "forgetting pill" because it brings the reader into the story and makes them think whether or not they'd actually want to take it. There are pros and cons. None of the characters are memorable, but if you want a thriller that wraps up very nicely at the end, this is the one for you. I looked into the movie rights and it looks like Reese Witherspoon's production company picked it up, so I have high hopes for it. I just watched Little Fires Everywhere and I was watching Big Little Lies, so I think it will be good. I also think the cover is really great looking. 
 The weird thing about this book is that it's not told from the point of view of the victim, she's honestly not even the main character. This is told from her male therapist's point of view, which although different, somehow worked. Did anybody else catch-halfway through or more-the narrator calls one of the women "a little slut"? I wrote down that page number in my notes, but didn't copy it over. I thought it was so ridiculously out of character and wrong. I'm just confused.

Shelly

I found this book at a thrift store while on vacation. I had no idea what this book was about, but as I started reading I was getting more and more invested in trying to figure out what had happened to this poor girl.

Megan Leprich

Tried reading this after I thoroughly enjoyed Emma In The Night. I'm not sure if it was the supposed drug that will take away her memories from the night or what but I just could not get into this book.

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It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world. As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town-or perhaps lives among them-drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

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All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker

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