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Book Review of Before I Go To Sleep

Before I Go To Sleep
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I have to say this started out a bit slowly - after all the premise is that the main character, Christine, has lost her memory and that all of her short term memories are wiped out when she sleeps. (think Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates)Every morning her life begins anew, and she knows nothing about her history or her present until someone tells it to her AGAIN, so the author has to build that part of the story for you. While I understood it, it did get a bit monotonous. Things start picking up when she begins keeping a journal and as the mystery deepens as to the whys of how she got this way, I found myself unable to read fast enough to satisfy my curiosity! A couple of times I woke up in the morning trying to piece it all together - with "I wonder if" scenarios! Overall, quite a satisfy thriller with an equally satisfying ending.