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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
This was great plane reading - it sucked me in immediately and kept me entertained. Liv is a woman who wakes up, not remembering how she got where she is - she just recalls answering her office phone on a summer day. Now it’s cold and she’s confused, and she has notes saying stuff like “stay awake” written all over her hands. This happens over and over, because every time she falls asleep, she forgets. Liv’s a great unreliable narrator because she truly can’t remember, but the words on her hands give her clues to follow, so she’s not flying totally blind. The story alternates between Liv’s story over the course if a few days now, Liv’s story two years ago, and the perspective of two homicide detectives working a case alongside Liv trying to piece together her forgotten life. I did enjoy the book, something about the detective sections felt a bit forced - there were times I was getting details I didn’t need to flesh out characters that didn’t feel important to the story, and the way the detectives worked and spoke felt inauthentic. When we were with Liv, I believed what was going on. When we were with the cops, I kept wondering why I needed any details about either one if them and their history and I kept wanting to get back to the real story. I also felt like the culprit was just unsatisfying and the motive was weak. All that aside, I liked Liv and how she managed to hide her memory loss - or embrace it when it benefited her - and I loved the way her story unfolded, switching from past to present and filling in gaps along the way.
Note: I received a free copy of this ebook in exchange for my honest review. Thanks NetGalley and St. Martin’s!
Note: I received a free copy of this ebook in exchange for my honest review. Thanks NetGalley and St. Martin’s!
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Okay, this book was incredibly good. It was not what I was expecting and I enjoyed it a lot. It became a little repetitive which you’ll understand when you read it but it was so worth it. I warn you, it is a little predictable, or maybe a lot, but Megan Goldin delivers such an entertaining story that it won’t matter to you hit you figure out what the heck is happening halfway through. Golding is an instant buy author for me.
I enjoyed nightswim by her much more. This was a decent book and I truly never expected the “who done it” but by the end of the book I almost didn’t care. I found liv to be annoying and I couldn’t connect with her. She seemed like someone I wouldn’t like in real life. Also, I know this next sentence is about to get some hate but try to hear me out…when she wakes up and forgets everything it’s the SAME THING! Nothing varies. It would be nice if there had been a little different reaction or maybe a different notes she wrote to remind herself this time. If you know it’s happening why leave the only words “stay awake” etc on your body? It became too repetitive.
The premise of the book is unique. To have one's memory erased and starting a day over and over again at the same point is horrifying. That's exactly what happened to Liv. Liv is unique and her character is easy to love. The plot could have been a little stronger. The reason why liv lost her memory was weak compared to the overall storyline. Overall, it was a great read.
Thank you to Martin's Press and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Martin's Press and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
slow-paced
Liv wakes up in a taxi and has no idea how she got there. As it turns out, she's lost the last two years of her memory. Just like in 50 First Dates, her memory resets every time she sleeps. There's been a murder, and this is all very intriguing. But the writing is so poor, and the killer was not very believable. So disappointing.
Good concept, but hardly a page turner. For a thriller it moved very, very slowly. I found myself skimming, then flipped ahead to the end (skipping 150 pages or so) and wasn’t confused at all.