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Before I Go to Sleep
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Start date
September 1, 2011
Finish date
September 30, 2011
Why we're reading this
Winner of the September poll

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Kasia
Aug 12, 2016 rated it it was ok
Seems like so many the books with cheating/lying wife and abusive/manipulative husband are bitten to death and thrown into endless pit called "The Girl on the Train" read alike/look alike books. Even books written before 2014 retroactively quality for the pit.
This is one of those books.
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Kevin
Aug 28, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Love a book with a twist. Though, I must say the end of the book was not completely a surprise as the author had left some hints throughout the entire novel.

The repetition of things, and events was a bit of a bore, but then, such things are expected in a story of this nature! And despite my being bored at some point, the book itself was something I couldn't put down as I really wanted to see the final piece of this jigsaw falling into place!

The lead character is in a terrible predicament, due to
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Celeste Ní raois
'As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me...'

Before I Go to Sleep tells the story of Christine Lucas, who is trying to piece back her life after suffering an accident that has caused her to have anterograde amnesia. Chrissy can remember everything that happens to her during the day but as soon as she goes into a deep sleep, her brain goes into delete mod
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Laura
May 04, 2012 rated it really liked it
absolutely loved this book,wanted the character Christine to be safe, & wished i was there to help!!! keeps you guessing throughout the book, thumps up for this psychological triller, give it a go..slightly sloww start, but you will soon find it hard to put down!
Rebecca Mckenzie
Jul 05, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I loved Watson's "Second Life" psychological thriller I read last summer so I wanted to read this, his first novel. It was pretty good, moved along slowly at first and then suspense built up towards the end. Second Life was definitely the better of the two, but this was good too! ...more
Teresa
Jul 12, 2012 rated it really liked it
Very good - although I saw the ending coming.
Abby Garcia
Jan 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Really unique book. You won't be able to stop thinking about it. ...more
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May 06, 2013 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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