The Reader’s Corner

Before I Go To Sleep

This book was very compelling and difficult to put down once I started it.

The premise itself is interesting - the narrator is a woman who has lost her memory due to an accident, and while she can form new memories throughout the day, she can not retain them to the next day. While she sleeps each night, her mind is wiped blank, and every morning she wakes up having forgotten over half of her life. She has a husband who explains this to her every day, telling her pieces of their history. As you can probably imagine, this is very confusing and disorienting for her, and so with the help of a doctor, she begins to keep a journal in order to keep track of who she is and what is happening in her life. Through this she comes to realize that not everything in her life is as it seems, and perhaps she is mistaken in the people she trusts.

Watson’s writing takes this premise beyond interesting and into fascinating, thrilling, and creepy. There is a sense of mystery, danger, and fear throughout the book, and even when I thought I knew what was happening or where the story was going, I was never certain. It’s hard to believe this is the author’s first novel; I look forward to seeing what else Watson does in the future.