by S.J. Watson, 360 pages
This novel has an interesting premise: the main character is amnesiac: she doesn't remember anything of her life after she sleeps. Each morning she has to re-learn who she is and who the man sleeping beside her is. Think 50 First Dates with a sinister twist. As Christine finds out she has a secret doctor and begins to piece together her life through a daily journal, a pervasive sense of unease permeates the book. Though some aspects of the plot are telegraphed early, Christine's tense situation is enough to keep you reading to find out what will happen next. I thought the novel was a bit long and the character of Christine too trusting at times, but overall the sense of growing menace kept me going to the end.
This novel has an interesting premise: the main character is amnesiac: she doesn't remember anything of her life after she sleeps. Each morning she has to re-learn who she is and who the man sleeping beside her is. Think 50 First Dates with a sinister twist. As Christine finds out she has a secret doctor and begins to piece together her life through a daily journal, a pervasive sense of unease permeates the book. Though some aspects of the plot are telegraphed early, Christine's tense situation is enough to keep you reading to find out what will happen next. I thought the novel was a bit long and the character of Christine too trusting at times, but overall the sense of growing menace kept me going to the end.
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