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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
medium-paced
Just yesterday I said I was in a slump. SLUMP. FUCKING. GONE. HOLY SHIT. This book was fucking nuts. I thought I had things pegged, but boy was I ever wrong. I have never heard of S.J. Watson, but I can assure you, I will be going through their backlog. A horrible brain injury has caused Christine to only retain memories from that day. Once she goes to bed for the night, she wakes up the next morning blank… thinking she’s in her 20s and no idea who the man next to her is. This book was just wild. If it was just about the amnesia and trying to recover her memories, I would’ve loved this one. But to add a massive twist about those memories… I highly recommend this one.
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| Gut Instinct Rating: | 9.5
| Characters: | 10
| Believability: | 10
| Uniqueness: | 10
| Writing Style: | 10
| Excitement Factor: | 10
| Story Line: | 10
| Title Relevance: | 10
| Artwork Relevance: | 10
| Audiobook Narration: | 8
| Overall: | 9.75
| Audiobook: | 4.88
| % Audiobook | 97.5%
3.5 stars aka I feel very confused about this book.
There are SPOILERS in this review
Reading about Chris realising that her life isn't what it seems to be even if she just recalls a few hours is something I cannot imagine.
When it first started, we were good. The writing was great. I'm thinking that this is a journal written by someone who looses her memory everyday so even the mundane things seem important for her to note. Was there a lot of repeatition about her staring in the mirror? Yes. Did i understand the reason behind it? Yes.
I can't imagine looking at myself in the mirror and not recalling all the moments that created the laugh lines on my face. How I lost my mother and father. I guess memories do make us.
I'm glad that she isn't a saint and maybe the ending was tied a little too neatly but I love the slight happy ending.
So we were doing great until the 70% mark. I didn't want to push through with the book. Maybe its because I read the spoilers I pushed through. No problems there but I have so many questions after the ending:
Didn't Ben at least call the facility to check on her if he was the love of her life?
Didn't Adam also check in on her considering that he was nearby?
How did the house allow her to check herself out knowing very well that she was not in the right mental state?
Shouldn't she have had a psychologist assigned to her at the very least?
I know technology was not the best back in 2007 but are you telling me there were no files to check to ensure that he was the husband?
I had high hopes for this because it was considered a great book back in the day but that ending. I wish we got justice for her
I'm glad that she will get her memories back no matter how little but going back to her husband was way out of line. I'm glad that she also got a supportive system.
There are SPOILERS in this review
Reading about Chris realising that her life isn't what it seems to be even if she just recalls a few hours is something I cannot imagine.
When it first started, we were good. The writing was great. I'm thinking that this is a journal written by someone who looses her memory everyday so even the mundane things seem important for her to note. Was there a lot of repeatition about her staring in the mirror? Yes. Did i understand the reason behind it? Yes.
I can't imagine looking at myself in the mirror and not recalling all the moments that created the laugh lines on my face. How I lost my mother and father. I guess memories do make us.
I'm glad that she isn't a saint and maybe the ending was tied a little too neatly but I love the slight happy ending.
So we were doing great until the 70% mark. I didn't want to push through with the book. Maybe its because I read the spoilers I pushed through. No problems there but I have so many questions after the ending:
Didn't Ben at least call the facility to check on her if he was the love of her life?
Didn't Adam also check in on her considering that he was nearby?
How did the house allow her to check herself out knowing very well that she was not in the right mental state?
Shouldn't she have had a psychologist assigned to her at the very least?
I know technology was not the best back in 2007 but are you telling me there were no files to check to ensure that he was the husband?
I had high hopes for this because it was considered a great book back in the day but that ending. I wish we got justice for her
Spoiler
and her unborn child because he took 20 years off of her life.I'm glad that she will get her memories back no matter how little but going back to her husband was way out of line. I'm glad that she also got a supportive system.
a very slow start (and middle) but an ending that kept me riveted even after I had guessed how it would all wrap up. unfortunately this book is so clearly written by a man and it’s kind of gross at times.
The ending absolutely won me over. Well done psychological thriller with unconventional protagonist- middle aged woman, very domestic. Provokes thoughts on identity, memory, narrative reliability. All book club attendees liked.
I started this book because of its 4-star average on this site. I stopped at p. 83. To me, it was trying to be intriguing but was just annoying. Also, I had to stop too often and reminisce about the good ol' days when publishers hired copy editors and proofreaders so we wouldn't have to read variations on "I wish I was" instead of "I wish I were" (Google "subjunctive") and wouldn't read "tearing at our clothes" when just 2 paragraphs before it was stated that one person was already naked.
A great thriller. To be cliche, "I couldn't put it down." It had me guessing the whole time. Has a bit of a "momento" feel to it.
Pitkästä aikaa sain luettua kirjan, ja yllätyin mukaansatempaavuudesta. En yleensä tämän kaltaisia kirjoja lue, ja oon kertaalleen aloittanut, mutta annoin uuden mahdollisuuden. Loppuen lopuksi kirja oli hyvä ja piti otteessaan loppuun asti, melkein kurkin viimeiset sivut, kun oli noin kolmasosa enää jäljellä. Loppu oli ärsyttävän avoin, inhoan avoimia loppuja, mutta muuten oikein hyvä.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Fuuuuuuuh that plot twist at literally the very end of the book still has me shookt. But the ending left me with so many questions