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Before I Go to Sleep

S.J. Watson

Discussion: 15/Book that became a movie

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Jul 12, 2012 Pinal County Library District rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: staff-picks, mystery

If you like psychological thrillers, then you’ll love this one! The novel opens with a young woman waking up in a strange place. As we read, we only know what she knows and we quickly discover that she’s not as young as she thought upon waking. By the end of the first chapter, she discovers a journal she's been keeping. The second part of the book is only her journal entries over the past few weeks. If she doesn't remember to write something throughout the day, then we don't know about it either ...more

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Jan 28, 2016 Hannah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

This book is about a woman, Christine, who is living with some rare type of amnesia, causing her to only retain memories of the day until she goes to sleep, and then wake up unable to remember most of her life. It's hard to say much more without spoiling it.

I guess I liked this book. It was suspenseful and hard to put down. However, there were a few things that I felt didn't really make sense and kind of bugged me. The journal entries were one of them...they seemed so unrealistic. Who writes a ...more

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Oct 03, 2016 Kate rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I really enjoyed the suspense throughout this book. I couldn't put it down when I got to the last section. Perhaps it ended a little abruptly but still a really great book! There's a reason it only took me a week to read!! ...more

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Oct 13, 2016 Teressa rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars.
50 First Dates, with a chilling twist. For some reason, amnesia has always fascinated me. This book followed a dark twist on amnesia, similar to the movie Momento.
I feel like it started slow but picked up and I was constantly wondering which way it would go. The twist wasn't a huge shock but it was a decent read. ...more

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