Okay Curious One. This next novel will get you! I promise, if you are into psychological thrillers even in the slightest of ways, you will fall in love with this debut novel, Before I Go to Sleep, written by S.J. Watson.
Hopefully, we can stay on the same page with this discussion as I do my best to navigate both my feelings towards the events happening in Before I Go to Sleep and depicting the events happening in a way that doesn’t lose you! At the ending there are a few group discussion questions that the author posed and a couple of them I would love to explore with you.
I realize how often my brain gets tangled up in the web of the storyline that is being weaved by the author, but Before I Go to Sleep was astounding! I undeniably loved it! Even as the reader, looking into the life of Christine, you think you have found the answer and then get convinced you are totally wrong! Surprisingly, one of the first thoughts that popped into my head was “what if Ben isn’t really Ben?” And then Bam! You are convinced so deeply that he is and you forget you ever thought that until almost the very ending and you are left with a “What??!” expression on your face as you keep staring at the sentence you just read in complete bewilderment! I mean…WHOA! You see it coming, but even still, it slams into you like an avalanche.
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