Before I Go to Sleep in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Oct 11, 2016 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british, thriller-mystery, second-hand, movie-tie-in, dramatic, twist, contemporary, psychology

Sooo... I have mixed feelings about this book. First of all, the premise is good - and the earlier part of the book is also great. Fast paced, intense, and a real page turner. Butttt..... sadly, the twist ending is just not making sense to me. I can guess about the twist from the middle of the book, but secretly hoped that I would be wrong, because it's just too corny and doesn't make any sense. Turned out my guess was right, and I had to be satisfied with the force ending.

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Nov 03, 2011 Ellen rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-group-selection

Christine wakes up every morning next to a man she can't remember who says he is her husband Ben, and who tells her that she had an accident twenty years ago which caused her to lose her memory. Ben's loving patience calms her fears and lessens her anxiety, as every day she struggles to remember who she is and what has happened to her. When Dr. Nash, a neuropsychologist who has read about her case and is interested in trying to help her, tracks her down they start meeting regularly and gradually ...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Lennis rated it liked it

This was an enjoyable psychological thriller, kind of a dark 50 First Dates. The narrative was a bit unbalanced with the middle dragging a bit and too much packed into the last pages. I didn't feel the sense of foreboding intended by the author until the book was almost over. The twist was easy to figure out, but I still wanted to know what would happen. All in all, I would recommend this to a friend, but it could have been better. ...more

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