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Remember me?

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Remember me? (2008) is a novel written by Sophia Kinsella. It tells about Lexi Smart who wakes up after a car accident and can’t remember anything about last three years. All she remembers is that she’s 25 years old, she has crooked teeth and not so fabulous love life. But when she wakes up she has everything she ever wanted. She is the boss of her department, has a perfect row of teeth, designer bag and clothes and a husband that everybody dreams of. It all seems great but is it really what it looks like?

The main character Lexi Smart is a person that you can really relate on. In the beginning of the book she is just an unlucky girl that has some family and work issues. And when she wakes up she feels just the same but everybody keeps telling her how she had changed her way of acting during these three years. She has some problems changing her old habits such as eating fast food and being such a couch potato . She now has an amazing apartment, closet full of designer pieces and she hears that she’s now as cold as ice according to colleagues that used to be friends. But she realizes that she’s not that person that everybody thinks she is. It’s really funny how Kinsella describes all the funny mishaps Lexi is going trough. It shows that life is not that enjoyable when you have to watch everything you do, eat and say.

The family relationships between Lexi and her mother and sister are complicated and quite funny to read. Her mother is a bit silly woman. She has many dogs that she cares more than her own children. She doesn’t understand why Lexi suddenly are acting differently and asks her help. Sometimes I felt frustrated when she didn’t understand her daughter. Lexis’s sister doesn’t help Lexi even the amount that their mother. She causes many trouble to Lexi who remembers her as a sweet and innocent girl that she was three years ago. But I thought that their relationship are quite normal for two sisters who are going trough different life situation. And in spite of all the problems she causes to her sister she is the only one who understand Lexi’s situation.

I don’t know if you can use the word genre when you are describing a book but I think that this books genres are drama and at the same time comedy. All the incidences that happens are quite dramatic but all scenes are sprinkled with comedy. I think that’s why it’s so interesting. You want to get to the end so you know what really happens to her eventually.

I really like the way Kinsella is writing. I think her focus group are mainly girls but of course boys can read it also. This book is easy to read and it’s just a perfect book to read when you want to relax and not think about anything. I also like Kinsella’s other work and I recommend them also for everyone to read.

She’s the Man

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The movie She’s the Man (2006) is directed by Andy Fickman. It’s a romantic comedy and based on William Shakespear’s comedy Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. You can see that in characters and places names. The movie centers around Viola Hastings who pretends to be her brother so she could play with the boys soccer team. Leading actor of the movie is Amanda Bynes who plays the role of Viola Hastings. But all the roles are important for the plot. I will be telling about the characters later on.

The plot of the movie is humoristic and the personal relationships are complicated just like the ones on Twelfth Night. It all began when the girls’ soccer team in Cornwall got cut. At the same time Viola breaks up with her boyfriend Justin. Her brother goes to a music festival to London for two weeks. At which time Viola comes up with an idea to pretend to be her brother to get to play on the boys soccer team. The plan works well until some students are beginning to doubt. In the big soccer game it all comes clear and it gets some unexpected twists and turns. At the end there’s a dance in which personal relationships clears out.

The character s in the movie are typical high school students. The movie focuses on the soccer team’s players, coaches and their friends. Personal relationships are complex and in some way all relate to each other. Names and personalities are largely from Shakespear’s comedy but they have been modernized to the present day. The characters are humoristic which fits in comedy. The actors and actresses who were selected to the movie are popular among young people.

She’s the Man is based on Shakespear’s comedy Twelfth Night. She’s the Man’s plot is similar to Twelfth Night. Duke has a crush on Olivia and Olivia has a crush on Viola who has disguised herself as her brother Sebastian, Olivia kissing the real Sebastian not the disguised Viola and Duke learned from “Sebastian” how to get Olivia’s attention. In addition the names of the main characters are similar and there is lot of references to other Shakespeare’s plays and the names of the places are from the Twelfth Night.

I like this movie because it’s so fun and I don’t have to think about anything and still understand everything. It’s not those quality movies but it is the perfect movie for movie night with friends.