# Remember Me?

By Sophie Kinsella

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/remember-me-d06efc79/

Lexi Smart wakes after a car accident to find three years missing from her memory. She has a millionaire husband and a powerful job, but can't remember acquiring either. The old colleagues she expects to greet as friends seem to hate her.

## What makes it funny?

Before the accident, Lexi has a boyfriend who wants everyone to call him Butch and friends whose karaoke makes a taxi driver refuse them a ride. Her running commentary punctures their ambitions while admitting her own insecurities.

### The comedy at work

The memory gap makes Lexi a stranger inside her own apparent success story. Her bewilderment gives the glamorous marriage and executive lifestyle an awkwardness that the old, self-doubting Lexi recognizes more easily.

### Try this if…

Romantic intrigue and office politics told by a narrator who can turn an embarrassing evening into a detailed account of everyone's bad decisions.

### Good to know

The opening includes swearing, sexual conversation and grief over a parent's death. The central setup involves an accident and memory loss. Publishers Weekly found the outcome familiar and some of the supporting cast exaggerated.

## What to expect

- Genre: Romance
- On the shelf: Contemporary romance · Romantic comedy
- Kind of humor: Situational comedy
- Format: Novel
- Published: 2008

## Sources & further reading

- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/93077/remember-me-by-sophie-kinsella)
- Author commentary: [Author introduction and excerpt](https://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk/book/remember-me)
- Review: [Publishers Weekly review](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780385338721)