(i)Before I Go to Sleep(/I)

15 years ago

bookmom -- I finally finished this book -- we moved on June 30th. And here's what i thought about the ending pffffft! That's a big raspberry.

SPOILER ALERT

I was so intrigued in the beginning. Then I thought it dragged and was repetitive in the middle. I knew early on that it was "Ben," but was surprised by the outcome. I did feel, though, that the ending was really forced and hurried. Claire just said that Mike had died in the fire(?), but didn't explain how Christine had survived.

Overall, not a bad book for a first novel, though. What did you think?

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lemonhead101
15 years ago
Sarah Canary -

Please can I help you a tiny bit? ... When you want italics, you use these things <...>, not brackets or parenthesis (these things (...) )...

But you're very close.

(Not being snotty. Just trying to help. :-) )
rosefolly
15 years ago
Actually HTML markup doesn't work in titles on this forum. When you type in angle brackets, they convert to parentheses, which I suspect is what Sarah Canary did.

Rosefolly
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bookmom41
15 years ago
s_c, describing the ending as "forced and hurried" pretty much sums up my thoughts also. I went back and forth about whom might the villain be--Ben, her doctor, possibly noone at all if the ultimate twist was Claire had more issues than just memory loss. :) I think the ending was weak and parts did get repetitive although that might have been the writer's intent since that daily repetition was key to the storyline. It bothered me the way the character of Mike just suddenly flattened out and cracked in comparision to how calm and in control he was in most of the book. Good first try, would have been better with a more thoughtful ending.

I've been reading more of these twisty psychological thrillers lately than I'm proud to admit.. but this book reminded me of the Nicci French books I've read, also maybe Lisa Unger. If you need something light and fluffy after your move (exhausting?) What Alice Forgot is another memory loss novel in the chick lit vein. Good luck with the unpacking--that part takes me eons.
vickitg
Original Author
15 years ago
You're right, Rosefolly. I think I tried it once before and it didn't work -- but I forgot that. And not to worry, Lemonhead. I didn't take it as snotty, just helpful.

Bookmom -- I thought the same thing about the repetition, but it still got a little old. And I agree about Mike's rapid decline. But wasn't there a mention earlier in the book about her having a bruise, but due to no memory she couldn't say how she got it?

I agree that a more thoughtful ending would have been good. I'll look into the Alice book. Meanwhile, still unpacking and unpacking and unpacking. Ugh.
bookmom41
15 years ago
Yes, I think at the end of the story when Claire found the pages of her journal which Mike had sliced out, it explains the bruise on her head which occurred when Mike knocked her over. He did it after Claire told him she'd read the letter from Ben, thinking Mike was Ben. What really surprised me was how it turned out that she'd only been living with Mike a short amount of time, only a few months as I recall. Ugh, I will say this story gives me the creeps.
vickitg
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15 years ago
I agree -- creepy. And I wonder how the staff at Waring Manor could just let her walk out with the guy and not check ID or anything.

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