The Half Life of Molly Pierce

by Katrina Leno

ISBN: 9780062231178
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: July 8th 2014
Number of Pages: 240

Source: Local Library

Goodreads Summary: You take it for granted. Waking up. Going to school, talking to your friends. Watching a show on television or reading a book or going out to lunch.

You take for granted going to sleep at night, getting up the next day, and remembering everything that happened to you before you closed your eyes.

You live and you remember.

Me, I live and I forget.

But now—now I am remembering. 

For all of her seventeen years, Molly feels like she’s missed bits and pieces of her life. Now, she’s figuring out why. Now, she’s remembering her own secrets. And in doing so, Molly uncovers the separate life she seems to have led…and the love that she can’t let go.

The Half Life of Molly Pierce is a suspenseful, evocative psychological mystery about uncovering the secrets of our pasts, facing the unknowns of our futures, and accepting our whole selves.

My Rating:  

This was a good psychological read. If you enjoyed 34 Pieces of You or Pretty Girl-13, this is similar.

Molly is an intriguing character. She wakes up in different places and has no clue how she got there or where the time lost was spent. She also doesn't think people notice her "zoning" out but a few do seem to know what's going on.

One curious thing is that Molly is seeing a therapist after it seems like she mentioned killing herself last year. She doesn't mention her blackouts to him. 

But then she literally runs into a stranger who seems to know her, but he is lying on the pavement dying, 

"'I don't know how you know me,' I say. I choke. 'I don't know who you are.' 'I know,' he says, 'but I had to try.'"- The Half Life of Molly Pierce, 12

Thus starts the thrilling story of Molly and her relationship with the dead boy's brother, Sayer.

I liked all the characters and I guessed Molly's secret pretty quickly - that didn't stop me from reading this book in one sitting (it's also pretty short!) It was a unique perspective and I enjoyed the book.