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A review by meghan_readsbooks
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
5.0
Thank you MacMillan audio for the chance to listen to this excellent suspense book. Stay Awake by Megan Goldin is my kind of suspense book as it blends in themes on memory, unreliable narrators (in an interesting and refreshing way!), and trust with effective pacing and strong use of dual timelines and for me strong suspense and an engaging plot. The story, briefly: Liv wakes up with no memory of where she is/what happened (but with a bloody knife), realizes she really has significant loss of memory but is connected to a recent murder; a police investigation of the murder and Liv and her history; backstory that leads up to Liv's current situation. My summary here doesn't do justice to the story of course but it's really a suspense book best gone into with little information; enjoy the plot, the effective suspense that was enhanced on audiobook for me (and listening in the early dark hours of the morning certainly made the book feel creepier!), and think about the elusiveness and limitations of memory and trust.
The narration of Liv's chapters really grew on me as her story unravelled, I thought this emotional tone, stress, and anxiety that Liv was feeling was really well conveyed. This really added to the tension for me in some key scenes, such as when Liv receives a creepy phone call or events that happen in the past in her apartment. Well done! I also though the narration of the chapters with the police investigation were great, the style and pacing was well done and sounded, in a good way, like police procedurals on TV, I found the narration believable and matched how I expect detectives to talk.
Great audiobook production that really made a good suspense plot stronger!
The narration of Liv's chapters really grew on me as her story unravelled, I thought this emotional tone, stress, and anxiety that Liv was feeling was really well conveyed. This really added to the tension for me in some key scenes, such as when Liv receives a creepy phone call or events that happen in the past in her apartment. Well done! I also though the narration of the chapters with the police investigation were great, the style and pacing was well done and sounded, in a good way, like police procedurals on TV, I found the narration believable and matched how I expect detectives to talk.
Great audiobook production that really made a good suspense plot stronger!