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I really wanted to like this book. I was so excited to read it because the storyline sounded like it had so much potential. I was sorely disappointed, and so mad that I wasted a good few hours reading this.
This is one of the worst books I have ever read. It may even be worse than Twilight, and that's saying something.
Everything that happened in this book was made out to be a really big deal, like "end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it" big deal. But everytime a new "plot point" was revealed, or something "major" happened in the story, all I could think was, "So what?" None of it seemed important, and most of it seemed unrealistic. The whole book revolves around the one night of the car accident that Zoey can't remember, so you would think it would be an epic revelation, a mind-blowing revelation that would tie everything together (and salvage the story). But no, I won't spoil it for anyone here, but the revelation was just some trashy teenage drama that could have occurred in 5 minutes in any TV drama episode. Definitely not something worth centering a whole novel around. The way she "pieced together" the revelation was lame, and the revelation itself was lame. For 200+ pages, I expect something at least a LITTLE epic!
Let's move on to characters. The only character that had any depth was Doug. I found him likeable and I liked that he was multi-dimensional and had a mysterious quality about him. But the rest of the characters ... their actions did not reflect their personalities. Echols would tell us one thing about a character, and the character would do something totally contradictory to what we were told about them.
I was annoyed with Zoey for most of the novel. She was presented to us as a smart girl, but her actions showed she was anything but. For one, she had a one-night stand with playboy Brandon, whose reputation and character she was fully aware of (being his best friend and all), and then deludes herself the entire story with the notion that she is now his faithful girlfriend. Brandon was barely mentioned in the book at all. After they had sex, they barely interacted. Meanwhile, there's hot Doug who clearly likes her and understands her and is supportive of her, and it appears the feelings are mutual. So I can't fathom why she wanted to be Brandon's gf so badly; she had nothing to gain from it! Even she knew she didn't love him, and yet she'd repeat the same line over and over, "Sorry, Doug, I'm dating Brandon ..." Yeah, dating him after you slept with him once and never saw him again.
And why was it such a big deal that she lost her memory of one night? It's not like she had serious amnesia and forgot her entire life. Furthermore, amnesia is not synonymous with insanity. Why was it so important that she keep it a secret? Would it have been so nonsensical to ask one of her friends what happened that night instead of lying and snooping around uselessly and fruitlessly? "Hey, guys, what happened the night of the wreck? I can't remember." It irked me how she had to make something simple so unnecessarily complicated, and for no valid reason at all.
I was forcing myself to finish the novel because I hate to start a book and leave it unfinished. The whole time Echols was just trying to milk meaningless situations for all they were worth. She also seemed quite fond of leaving gaps in the plot and making huge leaps of logic, leaving the reader behind. However I do have to admit I like her writing style, and she has a way with words. If only she could use that talent to make the content believable.
I'm pretty lenient when it comes to judging books. I like most YA novels that I read, or at least find them somewhat enjoyable. But this .. this was a mess. Made no sense, did not keep me interested, and made me wish I could take back the few hours I spent reading it.