All Is Not Forgotten

"Really good thriller! Love the way this unfolded!"

"Interesting story here. Makes you question whether trauma is better forgotten or better to face and overcome. Go along with the Psychiatrist narrator and read as mysteries unfold. "

"5 stars!!!!"

"This book was a difficult read for obvious reasons, it discusses hard to read about topics, but regardless I couldn't put it down. It makes you feel like you are just starting to see things with clarity and coming that much closer to solving the crime described in the book only to take a drastic turn. "

"No bad, not good, just mediocre. I had presumed a huge twist at the end that never came. Definite trigger warnings for those who have them, the first few chapters can be very difficult to stomach. "

"<strong>Wanted it to end faster than it did</strong><br/><br/>It was an interesting story but way too much theorizing and observing by the narrator. It was just not a pleasurable read."

"Fought with my boyfriend on a vacation because I couldn't out this book down. "

"This is a chilling and graphic book. The narrator is not likable at all as he comes across as snooty and arrogant. Although, the narration and story comes together nicely at the end."

"http://www.anurseandabook.com/2016/07/all-is-not-forgotten-by-wendy-walker.html<br/><br/>Oh boy, I haven't read a book that stuck with me like this in a long time. Probably not since The Luckiest Girl Alive. Where I closed the book and kept hearing the characters.<br/><br/>The story is told from the voice of the therapist that begins working with the family after the horrific rape of teenaged Jenny. The perfect family begins to show fault lines almost immediately, after Jenny's mother pushes for her to be given a new memory erasing medical treatment - kind of like the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for trauma victims.<br/><br/>Initially, it appears that it may have been the right thing to do, but since her family hasn't received the same memory removing treatment, they begin to cope in different ways. Her father thinks about revenge and justice constantly, and her mother begins to deal with the double life she's been leading.<br/>In the midst of all of this, there is an angry young Marine who lost an arm in Afghanistan, who also received the same treatment. He and Jenny develop a bond over their inability to remember the most traumatic events of their lives - how can you move past it if you can't remember? <br/><br/>And there is our narrator, the calm, cool and collected therapist who realizes that his own son was at the party and that he is the owner of the unidentified sweatshirt that a witness describes........<br/><br/>I will give NO spoilers because that would be too suckish of me. You will be holding your breath until the end, when all roads converge on one terrible night.<br/><br/>I do have to say that I thought about several different endings. It would have been cool if this were an Encyclopedia Brown "choose your own ending" book like I used to read when I was a kid. Does anyone remember those????????? Dang, I'm old.<br/><br/>So if you go to a therapist (raises my hand), this book will make you give them the side eye at your next appointment. They are only human after all, and they have families that they want to protect just as much as you want to protect yours. But they have the added bonus of knowing how to mess with your mind if they choose to. It had never occurred to me how vulnerable you actually are with a therapist! If a sociopath got a Phd, he could probably do some significant harm - there's a book idea.<br/><br/>Loved it - great read.<br/><br/>Current Goodreads Rating 3.88<br/>"