Don't You Forget About Me

This book had an interesting story but it was very hard for me to like the main character- maybe it's because she was still acting like a high schooler at 38 which made it completely unbelievable for me. If she had of been younger ( say 25 or younger), maybe I would have liked her more or at least been able to see her POV. As a 38 year old women still treating people like that and acting like is just- hard for me to believe. I did like the other characters VI, her parents and her sister Ginny who was definitely a voice of reason as well as the flashbacks.

The last 50 or so pages were the best part of the book.

As a child of the 80s (I graduated in 1990), I enjoyed the flashback aspect of this novel. The music, the clothes, the teenage dramas.

However, the story seemed to drag on forever, full of constant, unnecessary name-dropping from the 80s. And Lillian started to get on my nerves, she was so intent on reliving her high school days. I wanted to yell at her a couple times to just grow up and move on already! What 38-year-old woman would act like this?

It was predictable too, as you just knew that Lillian would once again dump her not-so-cool friend to hang out with the popular girls at the reunion. And that she would miss the signs from the quiet, but good guy while she craved the attentions of the moody but popular bad boy who treated her show more like crap. Please.

Overall, I was somewhat disappointed. It was light reading, and had funny moments, but the main character was just too annoying. show less

I love Jancee Dunn! I read her biography & moved on to this (drawn in inexorably by the '80s song title on the cover--& the tape). I found myself totally into this book, recognizing not just '80s references but also the characters & the high school drama situations. Jancee Dunn really got my adolescence & it was great to find a book for thirtysomethings who are not either married & settled or glamazons on the make in the fashion world.

Lillian comes back home to go to her high school reunion and to come to terms with her recent divorce. She moves back home with her parents and learns a lesson or two on life and love and the importance of them both. Even though her heart has been broken, Lillian finds a way to cope by learning more about her past.

Being a girl who loves music and pop culture, I loved this book. The main character was realistic and believable and someone who I can relate to. The story was more fun to read than anything else, and doesn't really focus on intense emotions which I would have liked to have seen more of. Some of the story was pretty predictable, but this is Dunn's first novel

I would love for Jancee Dunn to write more fiction.

I thought this was a cute and fun book. It was timely for me since I also recently attended my 20 year reunion. It did a great job sprinkling in nostalgia from the 80's.

Sloooooowww. I was curious about the returning to the reunion part but I wasn't thrilled with the way the story evolved---just seemed to take way too long to get anywhere. I probably would have stopped before finishing but I was listening to the audio and working on something else so I continued.

I like the positive reference to The Cure. ;)