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Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

21 reviews

jhabelita's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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bluelien's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The book follows a woman who wakes up every day not remembering big chunks of her life. She doesn't remember the day before or the week before or the months and years before AT ALL. However, every morning, she receives a call from a man who claims to be her doctor. He tells her to look for a box hidden in her closet in which she apparently keeps a diary. And whatever happens, she should not trust her husband, that's what the first page says. I don't remember much besides speculating and getting shocked, and the whole time there's this eerie uneasy feeling looming above your head, all of that makes for a good read!!

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eleyden's review

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challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very intense, very unsettling and kept me guessing till the end. I had no idea the twist that was coming! I love that the author made me suspicious of every single character and their intentions towards the main character.
Sometimes the journal entries were a bit long winded and could have been shorter. Too much unnecessary descriptions.
The ending (the last page) was SO open ended I wanted to scream. Not fulfilling whatsoever.

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j_asmine7's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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gellyreads's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I can understand the complaints that this book spends a long time building up to the reveal of the mystery, but it didn't really bother me or feel too slow. I read this before, and I still enjoyed this, even though I remembered the twists. I'm not sure you can really have much character development or have a lot of other developments, and I wish we got more detail on how

Mike actually died

But this is overall a really entertaining book.

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floorvm's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

😦😦😦😦

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kaylashutup's review

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emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Very slow. It feels like the entire middle of the book could have been taken out and it would have been much better. I usually still don’t mind predictable books but there was just no payoff for me :/

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