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A sleepwalker goes missing. Mother, wife, friend, architect, a strong woman up and vanishes. Along with the local authorities, and a sleep clinic, her husband and children are left to to solve her disappearance. This gives way to their actions, their thoughts and their doubts as they carry on without her. What has happened to Annalee?
Typical brilliant Bohjalian novel - he leads you to surmise one outcome and then surprises you with a twist - a totally different conclusion. The binding thread be ...more
Typical brilliant Bohjalian novel - he leads you to surmise one outcome and then surprises you with a twist - a totally different conclusion. The binding thread be ...more
I marvel at how prolific a writer Bohjalian is despite the fact that he writes so many different genre of fiction. Just in the past few years I've read historical fiction, social justice fiction and even YA. Now a tight thrilling mystery. What all these have in common is excellent storytelling. I know when I pick up a book of his, I will want to clear my schedule because he'll hook me into his story and never let me go.
This mystery centers around the disappearance of a woman who has a history of ...more
This mystery centers around the disappearance of a woman who has a history of ...more
This book left me with mixed feelings.
The positives: I learned something about the devestating consequences of parasomnia. I was surprised by the ending, despite the few red herrings offered throughout the story. It would make for an interesting book discussion.
The negatives: I didn't like the characters, feel a connection to them, or have much sympathy for their tradgedy. The family's grief wasn't believable, they seemed disconnected from their mother's/wife's death and rather selfish in their ...more
The positives: I learned something about the devestating consequences of parasomnia. I was surprised by the ending, despite the few red herrings offered throughout the story. It would make for an interesting book discussion.
The negatives: I didn't like the characters, feel a connection to them, or have much sympathy for their tradgedy. The family's grief wasn't believable, they seemed disconnected from their mother's/wife's death and rather selfish in their ...more
This one was quite good with twists and turns in the ending that I've come to expect from Chris Bohjalian. The sort of ending where you question what you just read and you have to flip back and re-read some parts. I've only sleep walked a few times (that I know of) and didn't realize the extent of crazy things some people do while asleep.
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