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A review by kellyvandamme
I Know My Name by C.J. Cooke
5.0
This was such an intriguing story!
Eloïse wakes up on a Greek Island and remembers nothing. There's a group of 4 people on the island as well, who rescue her. In the meantime, her husband, children and grandparents are going crazy with worry in the UK. A third narrative of the story takes us back to Eloïse's childhood.
Ar first, the story is pretty slow but then it takes off and I raced through it trying to figure out what happened to Eloïse while she herself is trying to do the same thing. I figured it out at about two thirds in, and then raced through it even faster, to find out whether I was right and how Cooke would bring that home. I can't really go into all that without giving away too much, but I really liked it. The afterwords explains the author's choices and reasons and gave me goosebumps.
Highly recommended!
Eloïse wakes up on a Greek Island and remembers nothing. There's a group of 4 people on the island as well, who rescue her. In the meantime, her husband, children and grandparents are going crazy with worry in the UK. A third narrative of the story takes us back to Eloïse's childhood.
Ar first, the story is pretty slow but then it takes off and I raced through it trying to figure out what happened to Eloïse while she herself is trying to do the same thing. I figured it out at about two thirds in, and then raced through it even faster, to find out whether I was right and how Cooke would bring that home. I can't really go into all that without giving away too much, but I really liked it. The afterwords explains the author's choices and reasons and gave me goosebumps.
Highly recommended!