Memories define us.
So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.
And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.
Welcome to Christine's life.
Rating: 5 Stars
I absolutely loved Before I Go To Sleep. I haven't read a book this quickly in such a long time. The blurb had me hooked, and I had anxiously waited as this climbed up my to be read list until it was finally time to pick up a copy.
The storyline itself isn't entirely original, there are a multitude of books and films out there that explore the idea of repeated memory loss and the inability to create new memories, but as long as a book is well written then I have no problem with it being similar to others.
The way the book is structured is particularly important. We awaken with the main character Christine in the morning, and have to experience alongside her finding out about her entire previous life. When Dr Nash turns up with her journal we finally get a key to the past two weeks of Christine's life.
The next part of the book is Christine's journal, and we start to discover not only how horrible life is for her, having to rediscover who she is everyday, but also watching her unearth secrets. She remembers being pregnant, and then is told by her husband that her son is dead. We however start to see that certain things in Christine's life don't add up, there are a number of inconsistencies and this allows the reader to start creating their own judgement of what really happened to Christine all those years ago.
And then we come back to the present day as Christine's journal ends, the present day where the painful truth of what really happened is about to come out. And my god is the twist a good one. I really was very happy with the ending. And especially the way the book itself ends, on a beautiful open ending where the reader can decide whether or not Christine ever fully regains her memory. Personally I'm hoping she does just because I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
Overall this was a book that I really struggled to put down, and I loved pretty much every aspect of it. Here's to hoping the film is just as good.
Would I recommend this book? Absolutely! I couldn't put this one down, and I will almost certainly read it again in the future. Go get a copy now.
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