Tuesday, June 14, 2011

2011 book 149

S.J. Watson's Before I Go To Sleep
Another much-touted summer read that is definitely worth the hype, this novel is sort of like if 50 First Dates met Memento. OK, no, that makes it sounds kind of cutesy and it's definitely more in the Memento camp. It's about a woman who had an accident years ago and only hazily remembers her past and can't form new memories, so that every night when she goes to sleep, she forgets everything again, and wakes up confused and scared. When a new doctor encourages her to start keeping a journal, she discovers that her husband may be lying to her about a variety of things. The end is a bit drama-rama but I thoroughly enjoyed it anyway. And I'm labeling it as a mystery but it's much more of a literary thriller (and it is full of thrills, for sure). A/A-.

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