Teach Me to Forget

By: Erica M. Chapman

Narrated by: Bailey Carr

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Ellery wants to die. Nothing is going right. Her younger sister is dead, and her family is in shambles. But on the day that she tries to end it all, even the gun won't work. When she tries to return it, she's intercepted by a security guard who also happens to be a boy in one of her classes, Colter Sawyer. Colter recognizes Ellery's desperation and begins working hard to earn her trust. Why does this cute boy care about my worthless life? Ellery wonders. But as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Colter has very good reasons for his vigilance - deep personal reasons. And whether Ellery likes it or not, he won't let go.

©2016 Erica M. Chapman (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"In this stunningly brave and necessary debut, Erica M. Chapman takes us on a journey to the edge and back - exploring grief, depression, and suicide with candor, insight, and above all, hope." (Amber Smith, New York Times best-selling author of The Way I Used to Be).

"A beautifully crafted, dark, and heartbreaking look at depression and suicide. Ellery's story is needed and necessary; Chapman is a writer to watch." (Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times best-selling author of Girl in Pieces)

Such a good book wow

Cried so much and it was so heartbreaking but I love led every minute of it

Decent book about suicidal teens

Pretty good book. She thinks its her fault her sister is dead. She's suicidal because of it. I think she went thru the normal grieving process as anyone else, but she wanted to end her life because of it. I was going to say a boy loving her isn't going to fix those feelings but then i realized she wasn't depressed before the death of her sister, it was only out of grief so I guess that's possible, the poor girl just needed some therapy and now she's fine. Good book but def would be a trigger for someone suicidal so if you're depressed don't read this book.

Surprisingly NOT depressing

I was a little weary about this one because I was worried it would be super depressing, despite other's reviews stating that it wasn't. I actually really enjoyed the way the author portrayed the main character's stubborn nature and extreme determination to end her life in order to 'balance' out what she thought she was responsible for. I genuinely believe that there are many people in this world that deal with similar struggles, and this book did a good job of expressing that struggle through Ellery's story.

Ellery's sister died at a very young age, but Ellery does not express how or why, only that she feels responsible and wants to end her own life. Throughout the book, she does not come out and say what happened (until the very end of course), but it is made clear that it was enough to make her feel extremely guilty. It was enough to want to end her life. I think this book brings to light just how much goes on in a suicidal person's head that no one else knows about, not even family members or close friends. Many people, including myself, have had a friend or loved one end his or her life when no one was even aware that the desire was there.

While this book is about suicide, I think it manages to stay away from uber-depressing and actually brings to light a lot of aspects of suicide that most people wouldn't normally feel comfortable talking about. I thoroughly enjoyed Chapman's writing style and would read another one of her books for sure. I really liked her raw, poetic style and thoroughly understood the feelings and emotions she described. The narrator was also very good. I like that she was able to do boys/mens voices without sounding like she was growling into the microphone like some other performers. All around good read/listen.

Great Read

Overall the story was great and I highly recommend the book however, often times I would get distracted by the narration which could have definitely used some improvement on the book character's voices.

Great Performance

This book was real and raw. I overall loved the story and how much pain you could hear in the narrator's voice. It made me emotional at times, and I had to pause it occasionally to get a grip on myself.

Darkly Romantic

Love this book!!!
It's a stark reminder of what it is to be innocent, lost, and naked.

wonderfully sad

I love to read books that are real and sad and I love it when the character has some fight and isn't a brat.

Tear jerker

This is so worth the listen. It's an amazing story. Anyone that's ever had loss in their life, guilt, and suicidal thoughts could find hope here.

So bad

This book is terrible. It is both laughably insulting to people who have actually been suicidal. It was so melodramatic in an obnoxious way and there was nothing likable about the main character. I wished she’d just end it already and put us all out of our misery. The story was thin, the motivations superficial. Just really not very good.