by Adele Griffin (Goodreads Author)
LOUD. There was an accident. Ember knows at least that much. She was driving. The car was totaled. She suffered back injuries and brain trauma. But she is alive. That's the only thing left she can cling to.
AWAKE. Eight months later, Ember feels broken. The pieces of her former self no longer fit together. She can't even remember the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident. Where was she going? Who was she with? And what happened during those six weeks that her friends and family won't talk about?
LOST. One by one, Ember discovers the answers to these questions, like a twisted game of dominos. And little by little, the person she used to be slips further and further away.
In the wake of her critically praised young adult psychological thrillers, Tighter and All You Never Wanted, National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin has created another triumph. Loud Awake & Lost is an unflinching story of loss and recovery. (From Goodreads.com)
AWAKE. Eight months later, Ember feels broken. The pieces of her former self no longer fit together. She can't even remember the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident. Where was she going? Who was she with? And what happened during those six weeks that her friends and family won't talk about?
LOST. One by one, Ember discovers the answers to these questions, like a twisted game of dominos. And little by little, the person she used to be slips further and further away.
In the wake of her critically praised young adult psychological thrillers, Tighter and All You Never Wanted, National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin has created another triumph. Loud Awake & Lost is an unflinching story of loss and recovery. (From Goodreads.com)
If I was grading/reviewing these books in a curve, all of those other books would have failed. Okay, not all of them, but the best any of the others would get is a B or B-. Loud Awake and Lost blew me away. I sat down to read a few chapters, and came back to the real world a couple hours later with only a few chapters left. To any aspiring writers out there, read this book if you want to learn how to master the plot twist.
The thing I loved the most about the book was that it's a mystery, but it's not like Nancy Drew. Eden already knows she was the culprit (and the victim, in a way), she knows the gist of what happened, but she's trying to uncover the events that led to the accident. I wondered if it was just a coincidence that she didn't remember any part of the time in her life when she grew distant from her crew, but then I realized that there are no coincidences. If you're reading this, that means you probably haven't read the book, in which case I'm only humoring myself by adding that reference.
Everything about Loud Awake and Lost is absolutely amazing, and I will definitely read it again.
Review by Mia, A Yellow Book Road Teen Book Club Member
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