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Anna O
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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A riveting, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake's tension-filled thriller is as elusive and mysterious as sleep itself.Nita Prose, #1 New York Times author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again. THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME What if your nightmares werent really nightmares at all? We spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep. But what really happens, and what are we capable of, when we sleep? Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motiveand hasnt woken up since. Dubbed Sleeping Beauty by the tabloids, Annas condition is a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as resignation syndrome. Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods are the last hope of solving the infamous Anna Ocase and waking Anna up so she can stand trial. But he must be careful treating such a high-profile suspecthes got career secrets and a complicated personal life of his own. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes. Only Anna knows the truth about that night, but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And theyre both in danger from what they find out.
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MysticFaerie
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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Mehso-so

3⭐️/5⭐️

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Jeg
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Mehso-so

I honestly think this will make a much better film or TV series than it did a book.

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Bzosche
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“The average human spends 33 years of their life asleep… don‘t you ever wonder what you might have done when you‘re asleep?”

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candc320
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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Mehso-so

So this one was…ok. The concept is excellent and I loved learning a bit about resignation syndrome and the phenomenon of possibly committing murder while sleep walking. However, the actions of some of the characters seemed kind of stupid (at one point a character grabs a murder weapon off the ground…everyone knows don‘t touch a murder weapon!) and the ending/big reveal was so easy to figure out! Plus side, the narrators were AMAZING! 🌟🌟🌟💫

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Mpcacher
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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This book has been compared to “The Silent Patient“ meets “Gone Girl“ and I think it is a fair comparison. The book is long and the plot is convoluted, but I found I could not put it down. There are a few really good twists and the sleep information was fascinating. There has been complaints about the writing style, but I found it compelling. I admit I was a little disappointed in the ending, but that is just me and my sense of justice. 4.25/5

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bookish_wookish
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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Braved the cold to go grab my library hold that came in! Ive been really excited about this one so perfect timing that it came in on a Saturday!

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Lsmoore43
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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WOW... Just WOW. I listened to the audio and read along with an ebook. I was blown away with this story. A first for me by this author.

Audio readers: Dan Stevens, Hannah Curtis, Sarah Cullum, and Christine Rendel. Told by four people and alternates in places between 1999 to 2023. To understand what happened now you have to know what happened then...

Full review: http://tinyurl.com/yfv6h5fu

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Lsmoore43
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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Anna O by Matthew Blake

Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.

THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME

I'm starting an audio of this...
Review to follow.

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squirrelbrain
Anna O: A Novel | Matthew Blake
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Mehso-so

Anna Ogilvy hasn‘t opened her eyes for four years, since she was found asleep holding a knife, having killed her 2 best friends. Ben Prince is tasked with waking her up so she can face a trial.

Supposed to be a thriller, I think, my overall impression of this book was that it was LONG. At one point I thought I was halfway through but was only at 10%. 😬

A few other annoyances with editing ⬇️

#netgalley #annao #published in the UK 1st Feb

squirrelbrain ….and writing style make it a so-so. There was a supposed diary, but it was written in first person present continuous (I am running etc) and who writes a diary like that? There were also case notes from doctors that were present tense and included reflective thoughts about themselves, not the patient. Both read like streams of consciousness thoughts, not what they were meant to be. The author needed different devices to move the plot on. 11mo
Megabooks That is a huge pet peeve of mine. No one is going to write a diary like that!! 11mo
BarbaraBB Hmmm.. thanks for reading this, I won‘t need to 😉 11mo
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