Spoiler : + adopted from a book with same title by Zevin

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac,” as Zevin explains on the first page/( line in case of movie) is, above all, “a love story. And like most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma.” Naomi must choose among three guys who represent different visions of love: Ace, a handsome tennis jock who offers her a seat at the popular table; James/ Yuji , a brooding misfit who sports suicide scars and offers an alternative to the life she finds so alienating; and devoted Will/ Mirai , her best friend and fellow yearbook nerd, the one best positioned to offer her the real Naomi.

By having Naomi lose her memory all at once rather than little by little, Zevin highlights the role forgetting plays in shaping a life. “Dad nodded and patted me on the hand, and then he read my mind. ‘You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned — the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and the Pythagorean theorem. You especially forget everything you didn’t really learn, but just memorized the night before. You forget the names of all but one or two of your teachers, and eventually you’ll forget those, too. You forget your junior-year class schedule and where you used to sit and your best friend’s home phone number. ... You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten enough, you love someone else.’”

PS : the ending in movie was too rushed , and Yes At last Naomi chooses to go with her bestfriend Mirai as her Lover.

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