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This is a great book, I read it in two days. I could not put it down
Interesting concept and definitely darker than a 50 First Dates. I found myself waiting to see what Christine discovered each day along with her and the twist at the end was good. It dragged a little in the middle and then picked up for a quick ending. I would have liked to see an epilogue to see where the author would have seen Christine and the state of her memory in a couple of years time.
I enjoyed it, but I found the plot to be something done a million times and it was not very different from all the rest, a part from being a bit dark. I read it this summer and can only remember a little bit.
I just started listening to this on my drive to and from work! If it wasn't so cold out, I'd probably be tempted to sit a while longer listening in my car when I reach either destination! ;o)
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POSITION: 13th in UK chart
SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep is being turned into a film by Ridley Scott
WHAT IS IT ABOUT? A psychological thriller. A woman has a rare form of amnesia and wakes up each morning with no memory of what happened the day before. But are things as they seem?
Asked how many copies of his book have been sold in Britain, Steve Watson first says he does not know then admits it is well over half a million. Almost half that number have been sold in e-book form - an unusually high proportion.
Ridley Scott is setting up the movie, reportedly with Nicole Kidman to star. Publication of his first book has been a life-changing event for the former NHS employee who used to work with hearing-impaired children in London.
"It's a cliche but you can only really write for yourself. I had no audience in mind. In my case I'm sure it helped that I was doing a writer's course at the time - the Faber Academy - so when things got really dark and I thought I couldn't carry on there was someone to talk to.
"Even before the hardback came out the publishers sent out early copies. In retrospect that was really important. There'd be comments on Twitter or wherever and there was a really big word of mouth effect. People were talking about the book enthusiastically even before it was available to buy. There were also positive reviews on Amazon, which helped a lot, and luckily the book got good reviews in the newspapers too.
"Publishing is changing extremely quickly: e-readers are more and more important, especially for writers of so-called genre fiction such as thrillers or romances. I'm now doing some teaching and often people ask should they try independent self-publishing or stick with the traditional route? I tell them 'just write the best book you can'. When I write I concentrate on the language and the words on the page. The publishing will happen if the book is good enough."