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Before I Go To Sleep [Kindle Edition]

S J Watson (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,969 customer reviews)
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"Quite simply the best debut novel I've ever read" -- Tess Gerritsen "Brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page - and satisfying in its thriller ending" -- Anita Shreve "A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller" -- Lionel Shriver 20101027 "A terrific first novel - well-written, genuinely unsettling and psychologically very plausible. Thrillers seldom come much better than this. Loved it, read it in one" -- Joanne Harris 20101101 "An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page" -- Dennis Lehane 20101102

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"Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That's the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut literary thriller. . . . You'll stay up late reading until you know."--People (4 stars)
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 517 KB
  • Print Length: 515 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0062065238
  • Publisher: Transworld Digital (28 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552164135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552164139
  • ASIN: B004TSXUWY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,969 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #239 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars I could not put this one down! 27 Mar 2011
By Gemma TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Before I Go To Sleep is an excellent psychological thriller. I found myself reading this book into the small hours, and really had to tear myself away from it and go to sleep. It's an unmissable read and I can't recommend it enough.

The book is based around Christine, who loses her memory when she goes to sleep and has to start afresh everytime she wakes up. It's quite thrilling seeing it from her own eyes as each day she wakes up and can't figure out where she is, and everything has to be explained to her by a man who carefully explains to her that he's her husband. She begins to keep a journal, writing down what happens to her each day as recommended by her doctor who calls her each day to remind her of her journal and where it's hidden. Each day she reads what's previously written in her journal, and is extremely confused as she can never remember the previous entries.

As the book progresses you begin to realise something isn't right, and you know who it must involve but you can't figure out why. I had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next, and it was a brilliant read. I highly recommend this book!
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311 of 329 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Debut 21 Feb 2011
By Victoria VINE™ VOICE
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I honestly can't gush enough about this book. This is the best debut novel I have ever read - the kind of thriller that gets under your skin and crawls into bed with you at night, refusing to let you shut your eyes until you read just one more page...just one more page....

The premise is a very interesting one. Christine wakes every morning in a strange bed next to a strange man, with no recollection of how she got there. But the bed is her own, and the man is her husband - and when she looks in the mirror she is somehow twenty years older than she had expected. Thanks to an accident when she was 29, Christine goes to sleep every night and has her memory erased. (Yes, this does sound like 50 First Dates, but I assure you that this storyline is darker and more thrilling than a RomCom!) Her loving husband patiently explains her situation to her every day, and her doctor tries to unlock whatever is keeping her memories hostage in her brain. I don't want to give too much away aside from that, but needless to say it emerges that not everyone is telling Christine the whole truth.

This book had me absorbed from the very first chapter. You are immediately drawn into Christine's situation, experiencing her confusion, and imagining yourself in the same nightmare. I don't get as much opportunity to read during the week as I would like, but I managed to read this in two and a half days because I was glued to it. I disagree with the reviewers who said the ending was a little too neat - I sat gasping and exclaiming for the last 60 pages or so, having heart palpitations as the story came together. An absolute must-read and a fantastic achievement for the author - I believe the film rights have already been sold.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Ran out of steam.. 2 Feb 2012
By Mo
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
For a while, I was thoroughly absorbed in this unusual story of an amnesiac who had to begin her life every morning. But half way through the book it seemed to run out of steam and become predictable so I felt myself saying 'yeah yeah, hurry up and get on with it' or words to that effect! As a first book, I applaud it but I felt the characters could have been more deftly drawn, as I did not care much about any of them, not even the poor amnesiac Christine. Great beginning, saggy middle and predictable ending.
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No treasure house of recollection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories? &quote;
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‘Christine, we’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it. &quote;
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I carry these jagged shards of memory with me always, everywhere, like tiny bombs, and at any moment one might pierce the surface and force me to go through the pain as if for the first time, taking him with me. &quote;
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