"In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut 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, prefers to pretend this horrific event did not touch her perfect country club world.
As they 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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Okay, so this one sat on my 'to-be-read' pile for literally years, gathering virtual dust and judging me silently from my virtual shelf on my Kindle®. I think I was waiting for the perfect moment or maybe just the moment I finished the other 37 books I bought last week!!
But never mind that - if you're looking for a gripping psychological thriller, grab this one. All Is Not Forgotten kicks off with a thought-provoking idea: 15-year-old Jenny Kramer is assaulted and her parents decide to completely erase the memory of the attack using an experimental drug.
This is where things get messy. Even though Jenny can't consciously remember what happened, the emotional trauma is still there. The book essentially asks: Is it better to just forget a painful truth or should you face it? To amp up the tension, the whole story is filtered through the perspective of Jenny’s psychiatrist, Dr. Forrester, and trust me, you can't rely on a single thing he says. He’s super manipulative, which means you’re constantly questioning everyone’s motives.
Honestly, if you’re into thrillers that are more about psychological games than pure action, you need to read this but be prepared for a bit of a slog as I found the pacing a bit slow and heavy going.
Many thanks to the author, HQ and NetGalley for enabling me to, eventually, read and share my thoughts of this intriguing book.
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