Don't Wake Up, by Liz Lawler
HarperCollins - Available February 5, 2019
Page count: 368
Thank you HarperCollins Canada for supplying a Digital Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐1/2
A devious and sinister plot is at the foundation of this psychological thriller.
Dr. Alex Taylor is abducted, assaulted, and tortured in the most bone chilling way. As she surfaces from unexpected unconsciousness, she is awake, but heavily drugged and secured to an OR table. She initially thinks she has been in an accident and is in the trauma centre of the hospital she works at -but instead of a team of skilled coworkers, there is just one person in the room with her. This was no accident. Her captor, wearing a surgical mask which hides their face, tells her of all the horrific things he will do to her, then gives her more anesthetic. When she comes to again, she is in the trauma centre she works at, surrounded by her own co-workers. She tells them of her horrific experience, but her captor did not do the things he said he was going to do. In fact, there is no evidence that she was even abducted, and her coworkers see her as merely a victim of an unfortunate accident.
In the days that follow, Alex is struggling to deal with the trauma of what she believes has happened to her. Her drinking and self-medicating is only making matters worse. As other coworkers die, her wild accusations are not enough to convince anyone that she is a victim - in fact, they are now sure that she is a danger to herself and others. Not even her boyfriend believes her story.
Lawler sets an opening scene that strikes terror into the heart of the reader. I love it when a book starts off with a bang! From there she expands the story, bit by bit.
Maybe I have been reading too many thrillers lately, but I did manage to guess who the perpetrator was, so the ending felt a little soft to me. But in all fairness, I was still eagerly turning pages, simply wanting to understand the method and the motive.
My conclusion - A slightly soft ending, but a good thriller nonetheless.
Dr. Alex Taylor is abducted, assaulted, and tortured in the most bone chilling way. As she surfaces from unexpected unconsciousness, she is awake, but heavily drugged and secured to an OR table. She initially thinks she has been in an accident and is in the trauma centre of the hospital she works at -but instead of a team of skilled coworkers, there is just one person in the room with her. This was no accident. Her captor, wearing a surgical mask which hides their face, tells her of all the horrific things he will do to her, then gives her more anesthetic. When she comes to again, she is in the trauma centre she works at, surrounded by her own co-workers. She tells them of her horrific experience, but her captor did not do the things he said he was going to do. In fact, there is no evidence that she was even abducted, and her coworkers see her as merely a victim of an unfortunate accident.
In the days that follow, Alex is struggling to deal with the trauma of what she believes has happened to her. Her drinking and self-medicating is only making matters worse. As other coworkers die, her wild accusations are not enough to convince anyone that she is a victim - in fact, they are now sure that she is a danger to herself and others. Not even her boyfriend believes her story.
Lawler sets an opening scene that strikes terror into the heart of the reader. I love it when a book starts off with a bang! From there she expands the story, bit by bit.
Maybe I have been reading too many thrillers lately, but I did manage to guess who the perpetrator was, so the ending felt a little soft to me. But in all fairness, I was still eagerly turning pages, simply wanting to understand the method and the motive.
My conclusion - A slightly soft ending, but a good thriller nonetheless.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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