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sleepy_sarahmarie 's review for:
Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin
3.5 stars, rounded up. So far I have enjoyed all three of this author's books. I listened to this one on audio and it really helped that they had two different narrators: one for the main character, Liv, who has been living in a "repetitive dissociative fugue state" for the past month or so, which is to say that every time she falls asleep, she forgets everything going back 2 years to a specific day. The last thing she remembers when she wakes up is the same phone call she received at her office one summer day. This presents a lot of problems, and Liv takes to writing things on her hands like "stay awake!" Worse than her memory problems, is the murder case in the news with those same words painted in large letters with blood, on the window of the crime scene, big enough for anyone to see.
The other narrator was for the chapters with the main detective who was investigating the case, detailing how she went about everything.
I think the two POVs helped to balance the plot really well, so you were not just getting the whole story from one very unreliable narrator.
The other narrator was for the chapters with the main detective who was investigating the case, detailing how she went about everything.
I think the two POVs helped to balance the plot really well, so you were not just getting the whole story from one very unreliable narrator.