What would you do if every night you went to bed you forgot everything about your life for the past 25 years? For Christine that is what happens every day. Each morning she wakes up not knowing where she is or who the man is sleeping next to her. Each morning her husband Ben has to tell her about her life, their life together, and the tragic accident that took away all of Christine's memories. Christine starts to see Dr. Nash who believes that he may be able to help Christine start to piece her life back together and hopefully teach her brain to make memories again. Through a series of journal entries that Christine writes every day she starts to remember her life and her memories start to come back to her, and we start to learn what really has been going on in Christine and Ben's lives. Have you ever seen 50 First Dates with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore? Yeah, this book is pretty much that movie, but with less humor and from the amnesiacs perspective. I have to admit that this book was not the greatest, but overall I liked it. However, the ending (primarily the last 15 pages) really pissed me off. It was like the author had just given up and was ready to be done with this. As I read this, I kept thinking of how frustrating it must be to in Christine's shoes; to forget who I am and not remember the last 30 years of my life. Not cool. I'm not sure I would ever read this again, but I wouldn't shy people away from it either. I have heard the movie is awful, but I still want to see it and check out how it compares to the books. Plus, it has Colin Firth in it. So yeah, that's a thing. Overall I would give this a 3.5 out of 5.
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