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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting and well-done narrative. Really enjoyed it. The weakest part was the end, in my opinion, but still well worth the read if you enjoy trying to piece together puzzles.
Interesting (albeit not particularly original) premise. Woman with some sort of impairment is being gaslit by a psycho. My main issue with this book was that there was almost no tension built up within the first 75% of the book. Christine's slow build into trusting the man who was masquerading as her husband was repetitive and, frankly, boring. The kiss with her doctor and then "confabulating" his name as her attacker felt pointless and lazy. There was a lot of lazy plotting (A fire burned all of our photos! We had a son but he conveniently died! Your best friend moved away and never calls you anymore!) The twist was predictable halfway through the book, and then the trip to Brighton was much too drawn out (i.e. her discovery that Mike/Ben had taken her to Brighton was frustratingly obvious about 20 pages before Christine realized it). I read this for a new book club that I just joined, and if they keep picking books like this, I'll probably quit, haha.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Boring. Nearly dnf after all the penis bobbing.
This was good, I really like the concept of amnesia for the plot of this book. I definitely thought going into it that her husband was giving her something to cause her amnesia but I was wrong, way wrong. The twist wasn't twisty enough for me, you kind of realize what's going to happen as the plot develops.
I really enjoyed the suspense throughout this book. I couldn't put it down when I got to the last section. Perhaps it ended a little abruptly but still a really great book! There's a reason it only took me a week to read!!
This is a first ... I think the story would be better as a movie than a book. It was a difficult premise to carry off: woman forgets everything daily and must continually write and re-read journal entries to carry on the flow. However, the journal entries were too long and detailed, yet supposedly written in rushed snippets, to be believable. The story was still a fun, engaging mystery.
This book is perfectly written. The sinister undertones are introduced at the beginning, immediately drawing the reader in and putting them in Christine's perspective. What if your memory was wiped everytime you went to sleep? Who can you trust? When is a memory nothing more than an imagination? The latter question is something I often find myself considering, particularly in book-to-film adaptations. Often I have imagined a chapter of a book so vividly that I am unable to seperate what I have created in my mind and what I witnessed onscreen.
This book had be guessing throughout, and though a little repetitive at times - particularly around the middle - I couldn't put it down. The ending left such an impact that any other short comings were erased. As someone who actively reads mystery/thrillers and passively reads everything else, I appreciate an ending which I have not predicted.
This book had be guessing throughout, and though a little repetitive at times - particularly around the middle - I couldn't put it down. The ending left such an impact that any other short comings were erased. As someone who actively reads mystery/thrillers and passively reads everything else, I appreciate an ending which I have not predicted.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced