Every morning, Christine wakes up with no memory of the last 20 years of her life. Her husband Ben has to tell her who she is, where she is, what happened to her and why she can't remember. To help her rebuild her shattered memory, Christine is working with a mysterious doctor who has encouraged her to keep a journal every day of what she (re)discovers about her past. Ben knows nothing about this doctor. Why doesn't Christine trust her husband enough to tell him? Because her journal warns her not to. Meanwhile what happened to Christine's son, Adam... a child she doesn't even remember, despite an intrinsic certainty that she once was a mother? And where is her best friend, Claire? Did she really desert Christine in her time of greatest need?
Fans of Memento will already be hooked. Although the similarities to Christopher Nolan's breakthrough movie are marked, the plot of Before I Go To Sleep is more domestic drama than out-and-out thriller. It's certainly a page-turner though and engenders a similar sense of paranoia as we (Christine & the reader) struggle to work out whodunit... and just what was done. And I'm pleased to say that although I had my suspicions about the twist, the solution was not at all what I'd expected.
