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Whoooooosh! Where do I even start from? It has been a roller coaster ride, the whole experience of reading S. J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep. One of the best debut novels of the year, winner of Crime Thriller of the Year, the book is sure to steal sleep out of your eyes for days after you put down the book. The story revolves around a woman named Christine, who loses her memory every time she wakes up from her sleep. She finds herself living with a man who calls himself her husband. She is meeting a doctor, who insists that her husband should not know about their appointments at all. The writing style, the tone, the engaging plot all combines together to build and sustain the suspense right till the last page. The characters are so intriguing, you just keep wondering throughout whom to trust. You become Christine. You become a part of her seemingly impossible quest for the truth; the truth of her life, which may take up life itself. It is extremely difficult for me to re...

A masterpiece portrayal of dysfunctional marriage. That is what Gone Girl is. An intense plot, beautifully crafted, intriguingly built. Flynn successfully manages to keep her reader on tenterhooks till the last line. A page turner, Gone Girl explores the deepest and darkest layers of human psyche, the destructive effects of a failing marriage and what hides behind perfectly masked relationships. The story revolves around a New York couple, Amy and Nick who move to Missouri owing to the deteriorating health of Nick’s parents. Amy goes missing on their fifth anniversary and their living room and kitchen resemble a forced kidnapping spot, with things messed up and wiped blood on the kitchen floor. The police and entire America suspect it’s Nick as all evidences point against him. Nick swears it isn’t him. So, where is Amy and what happened to her? The suspense just builds up so intensely as a seemingly mere crime thriller transforms into a full-fledged portrait of everythin...