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Close to Me is a British television psychological drama based on the book of the same name by Amanda Reynolds. Flashing back and forth, it gives you enough back-story to fully realise how much the past has influenced the future. Her children seem different, her husband is too attentive and the only person who seems to be honest with her, a co-worker, is telling her things that don't make much sense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival.
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The story moves easily from past to present and it really worked as the reader gets to learn the events of the past year before Jo actually remembers it and this really adds to the momentum and tense atmosphere of the book overall. After 55-year-old Joanne Harding tumbles down the stairs and strikes her head, she’s distraught to discover that she has forgotten the past year. Left alone with Rob, Jo accuses him of pushing her down the stairs, but he claims she slipped and he tried to save her. Gripping, shocking psychological suspense that fans of Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret, Clare Mackintosh's I Let You Go, and Linda Green's While My Eyes Were Closed will love. She does a great job transversing in time as we get peeks into what everyone is hoping she won't remember.
And as she readjusts, she is shocked by the stark contrast from the life she led a year ago to the one she leads now.
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She then overheard Rob – in an obvious attempt to gaslight her – telling their kids Sass and Finn that he was concerned that she had been imagining things. I turn away from my husband, shifting my weight on to my side, as far from him as the bed will allow.There were a few times where I felt that the story dragged out just a little bit, but overall it was a well-paced and riveting read. As much as I love to dislike characters, I really just couldn't find myself empathizing or feeling bad for Jo on any level.
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Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. The characters are well developed and realistic but mostly unlikable apart from Jo`s son Fin and Rose who works in the drop out centre where Jo volunteers. However , an unexpected occurrence toward the last quarter of the book was brought to light and a shot of life boosted the sagging plot! As the plot unfold in the days following her “accident” we also get glimpses of the life Jo was living leading up to it.I quite liked Close To Me, read it fast, but I have to say these are all becoming a little bit samey. So, when starting Close To Me a few days ago, while having a break from attempting to tame my overgrown garden, I gave myself 50 pages. In a tale of secrets, darkness and betrayals, Close To Me unravels beautifully right up to the last chilling sentence. I really loved how Amanda Reynolds has told this story - the before and after chapters are clear and easy to follow.
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