Are You Awake?

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Awake once again in the early hours of the morning she meets another local with sleep struggles of his own, Tim was a journalist but following a traumatic assignment in the middle east which almost cost him his life he is suffering from PTSD and severe insomnia. Overall this was an OK read - I wanted to read until the end, at no point did I want to DNF but it isn't a book that will stay with me long after reading. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way and ultimately it's all a bit far-fetched, but enjoyable enough.

From news reports, Tim and Mary suspect the person they glimpsed was 19-year-old Samantha Ellis, a caregiver at a local nursing home who’s disappeared.

One tormented sleepless night up with her babies she looks out the window and questions what she sees. This a quick and easy read that I’m a little bit undecided about, on the whole I did quite enjoy it but somehow it just seemed to be lacking in something and the plot seemed to lag a bit halfway through but I never felt I wanted to give up on the book.

The mother reluctantly awake with her baby in the depths of the night gave me vibes of Celia Fremlin's classic The Hours Before Dawn (and if you're a fan of domestic psychological thrillers and haven't read Fremlin, you really should). But with her marriage under strain and the police on their tail, Mary begins to doubt her own mind…and Tim’s.

I did not see the end coming at all which is what I look for in a good thriller and this one delivered.

taking a bite of the juiciest, cheesiest, creamiest mac n cheese but the aftertaste is kraft dinner dry ass powder.

As I mentioned above, there are some very amusing scenes in this book, and I think it would have benefited if it just embraced the humorous aspects of what silly things the characters were doing here and there. Anyone who has suffered sleepless nights for any reason will immediately identify with both Mary and Tim. It was hard to put down as it drew me in immediately and before I knew it I was in the middle of the book! Mary is a mum of two young children who is totally exhausted with this role but unable to sleep so she escapes to the park. I did skim a few bits but I also couldn't stop reading because I needed to know just what on earth was actually going on.