Don’t You Forget about Me: A Novel Audiobook

" Some parts of this book were simply fantastic (the author nailed the feeling of high school suburbia), but the main character never quite gelled for me. (How does a bitchy high school party girl morph into a delightfully wacky semi-recluse? The two sentence exploration didn't really do it for me.) The end felt very abrupt as well. "

" i loved dunn's memoir. even though the cover and marketing of this book deterred me, i read it anyway. it was entertaining and funny. "

" I was a bit disappointed in this one because I kept hearing how funny it was... I didn't find it all that funny. I couldn't stop thinking how pathetic Lillian was and how I found her really unlikeable. That said, it was a quick mindless read and that's what I needed. "

" As a child of the 80s (I graduated in 1990), I enjoyed the flashback aspect of this novel. The music, the clothes, the teenage dramas.[return][return]However, the story seemed to drag on forever, full of constant, unnecessary name-dropping from the 80s. And Lillian started to get on my nerves, she was so intent on reliving her high school days. I wanted to yell at her a couple times to just grow up and move on already! What 38-year-old woman would act like this?[return][return]It was predictable too, as you just knew that Lillian would once again dump her not-so-cool friend to hang out with the popular girls at the reunion. And that she would miss the signs from the quiet, but good guy while she craved the attentions of the moody but popular bad boy who treated her like crap. Please.[return][return]Overall, I was somewhat disappointed. It was light reading, and had funny moments, but the main character was just too annoying. "

" I love this woman's voice. She'd be the woman at playgroup that you'd want to be friends with five minutes after meeting her. Hilarious, quick witted, self-deprecating in the healthiest way. "

" A women's husband leaves her and she looks for solace by moving back in with her parents are re-living high school by going to her reunion and hooking up with her self absorbed high school boyfriend. Kind of nastalgic, somewhat boring. I mean who would want to go back to high school?? NOt me. "

" A cute and entertaining fantasy. "

" Did not enjoy this book. Forced myself to read until the end because I wanted to see if she got the guy. Glad THIS one was a library book. "

" Not a great book but an easy read and takes no time at all to get through. Predictable and weak story line but still fun. "

" I didn't enjoy this as much as Jancee's memoir.. but it was okay. "

" Just finished listening to this. Total, trashy, chick lit. It kept my attention and was a good audiobook but wouldn't have read it. I like audiobooks that are light but keep me entertained while I do household chores, drive around, etc. This was quite good for that. "

" A story of a woman who gets divorced, moves back in with her parents and then regresses to her 17 year old self. Could have been better but there just wasn't enough substance to the book. It seemed to loosely constructed to me with not much of a plot. "

" Even for chick-lit, this was really dumb. "

" This is a fun book to read if you have recently had a class reunion or have one coming up. I think I thought the book would be funnier but it was still a fun read. "

" So far, I enjoy this book... "

" This is an interesting read about a woman who goes through a divorce, attends her 20-year class reunion and for a time, goes back to 1988. This is well-written. "

" A funny flashback to the Eighties. A book about the importance of your best girlfriends and the temporary nature of desire and romantic love! More satisfying than drinking a tab! "

" I was looking for something silly and light, and I certainly found it. This story is about a 20 year reunion and whether a person can go back and reclaim adolescence (and whether you would really want that). Unfortunately, the characters were weak, and the plot was thin. "

" This book was kinda fun to read in that I also graduated in 1988 and it was funny to remember some of the crazier fads. Unlike the main character, one could not pay me enough money to relive my high school years. A light chick-lit read. "

" When the book started I really liked it but as it went on I started disliking the main character. "

" I like the positive reference to The Cure. ;) "

" I did not like this book. It dragged on and never really grabbed my attention. And I hated the ending! It was so anti climatic. Not worth reading. "

" I actually enjoyed this one. I think it said a lot about how we 80s high school grads tend to romanticize our high school years, forgetting about how hard it really was. "

" A must read for anyone who glorifies their high school days! (they weren't as great as you may remember!) "

" A cute and entertaining fantasy. "

" The best part of this book was all of the 80's references. The main character is annoying. She needs to grow up and quit living in the past. I thought it was very weird that she kept everything from high school including the notes her friends wrote. "

" I really enjoyed the first part of this book, not so much the last. The charachter turned out to be someone i did not like and her background not really explained... "