{"id":2550,"date":"2012-07-20T22:07:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T21:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2012-12-09T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T13:52:22","slug":"before-i-go-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"Before I Go To Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Before-Go-To-Sleep-ebook\/dp\/B004TSXUWY\/ref=tmm_kin_title_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/before-i-go-to-sleep-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Before I Go To Sleep\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/before-i-go-to-sleep-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/before-i-go-to-sleep.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had heard about this book on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/the-tv-book-club\/episode-guide\/series-5\/episode-1\">The TV Book Club<\/a> and thought it sounded intriguing.  Mark read it on holiday and reported that it was good.<\/p>\n<p>I loved Parts 1 &#038; 2.  They are very unsettling; there is a tension throughout.  My imagination ran wild as I read, conjuring all sorts of scenarios for protagonist Christine.  I felt as paranoid as she is.  The book very successfully puts the reader into her mind.  I experienced paranoia, fear, relief and hopelessness numerous times.  <\/p>\n<p>Part 3 somehow doesn&#8217;t fit in with the previous parts.  The plot becomes unfeasible and silly.  The other thing that bugged me was Christine&#8217;s journal.  Not only are the entries incredibly lengthy, they aren&#8217;t written in a diary style either. <\/p>\n<p>I have to mention that it reminded me strongly of the film Memento, right down to the note to him\/herself that says &#8216;Don&#8217;t trust (insert character&#8217;s name)&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But, in spite of the flaws, Before I Go To Sleep is a thoroughly enjoyable, gripping read.<\/p>\n<p>(29th in 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had heard about this book on The TV Book Club and thought it sounded intriguing. Mark read it on holiday and reported that it was good. I loved Parts 1 &#038; 2. They are very unsettling; there is a tension throughout. My imagination ran wild as I read, conjuring all sorts of scenarios for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}