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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Book Review: Unforgettable by Loretta Ellsworth


Published by: Walker Books
Released on: September 27th, 2011
Source: ARC from author to review
4 stars: I liked it

Baxter Green isn’t like everyone else. While most people would forget about the little details of everyday life, Baxter never forgets—not pain, not hurt, not embarrassment. In fact, Baxter never forgets anything—not even a string of account numbers, flashed before his eyes by his mother’s criminal boyfriend, Dink, for use in a credit card scam. Years after his testimony has locked Dink away, Baxter and his mother are in a new town, trying to forget the danger Dink brought into their lives. Baxter wants to hide his unique ability, but it becomes increasingly more difficult when he reconnects with Hallie, a girl from his childhood who has lived on in his memory long after she has forgotten him. Can Baxter win Hallie’s heart? Loretta Ellsworth’s newest novel is one readers will never forget. -quoted from Goodreads

Wouldn't it be cool to never forget anything? I thought so when I first heard about this book, which is about a teenage boy named Baxter who after an accident remembers everything. I mean like every little detail, which at first seemed something that would be pretty amazing, but as I started to get to know Baxter, I realized it's not as cool as I first thought. I can't imagine remembering everything little thing, the good, the bad and the real tragic like Baxter does. What I started out being cool, ends up being more of a burden for Baxter.

Baxter is a pretty neat character to meet. He's also an ordinary guy who has an extraordinary ability. It's not just his ability to remember everything that makes him fascinating, but the fact that he's able to associate voices to smells, colors or objects. This allows him to identify people with things, like the love interest's voice to him sounds like yellow daffodils. Not only was this totally unique to the story, but I've never encountered something like this before. It was quite refreshing to read about this and it made Baxter a really unique character for me to get to know. The author really captured my interest with her book by creating a character I couldn't help wanting to know more about. He's broken, he's strong, and he's an outcast.

Though the flow of the plot is at times slower than I normally like to read, I couldn't stop reading it. I got so caught up with the story, which is richly detailed and allowed me to connect with the feelings of first love, remembering what it was like to try to find my place in the world, and figure out who I was. These are the same things Baxter deals with in his story, and I liked that he's a character who continues to grow and change as the story continues. I think Baxter is a character many readers will find just as intriguing as I did, and will find themselves being able to connect with him when they sit down to read his unique story.

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