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Not for me
I gave up on this book at 38%. One of my friends had recommended the book to me, 'It's great, James, you should read it!' Well, I tried.
Whenever Christine goes to bed at night, she wakes up the next morning with her memory erased and a stranger in her bed. A secret doctor suggests she keep a secret journal of all that happens to her each day. Then, next morning, when she's forgotten everything again, including her secret journal, the secret doctor phones her on his secret Mobil phone and reminds her to read her secret journal.
And up to the point where I gave up, that's it. Chapter after chapter that is all that happens. Go through the day trying to recall her past. Secret meetings with her secret doctor. Her stranger of a husband telling her he loves her. Write in her journal. Go to bed–and forget everything. Next day the same. And the next. And the next… No plot, no mystery, no action, no conflict. What does Christine remember each day? A vague memory of a friend whose name she can't remember; something about a son who died; and to keep the reader's interest, she has bountiful sex fantasies, those she seems to remember in glorious detail.
Sorry, friend. This one wasn't for me.
April 2018 · Books · verified purchase