BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (S.J. Watson) - March 17/13

This frustratingly overlong book certainly has a good premise - "Memento on crystal meth" - but Watson pads the narrative out to a degree that's nothing short of oppressive. The entire middle, maybe 200 pages or so, is so repetitive it's ridiculous, as Watson offers up the same stuff over and over and over again (ie she wakes up, reads her journal, realizes something, etc, etc). It basically feels like the entire book is one long, long setup for an admittedly decent twist (ie her husband is actually the man she was having an affair with and who attacked her), which is then followed by a laughable, Psycho-like stretch in which everything is clinically explained. I would've enjoyed this book had it been maybe 150 pages, tops. ** out of ****