Don’t Look Back
By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: YA fiction/mystery
Pages: 384
Published: 2014
Read: July
4 out of 5
It is a
complete coincidence, which made it a completely confusing time, when I choose
to read this book and listen to We were
Liars by E. Lockhart at the same time. They are so similar – an accident,
memory loss, discovery of what happened after accident and why no one wants the
protagonist to regain her memory. AND they were both published in 2014. However,
Don’t Look Back is much better
written and more entertaining. It well deserves a place in the 2015 Teens’ Top
Ten nominees. I definitely felt Sam’s disorientation and cheered for her’s and
Carter’s relationship. Whereas in, We
were Liars, I don’t feel as connected to the characters, relationships and
therefore story itself. Armentrout has a
way of writing that makes all the characters look guilty and still not have
story be unbelievable. When you think you figured it out, there is another twist
and turn. I’m looking forward to reading more of the nominees and seeing how
they compare to this one.
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