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  • Don't Wake Up

  • A Novel
  • By: Liz Lawler
  • Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (109 ratings)

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Don't Wake Up

By: Liz Lawler
Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
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Publisher's summary

A harrowing psychological thriller debut about a woman who awakens after an assault with no physical proof of the attack and who must try to convince everyone of what really happened.

When Dr. Alex Taylor opens her eyes, she is hooked up to an IV, is bound to an operating table, and her legs are raised in stirrups. Disoriented and alarmed, she assumes she's been anesthetized and brought to surgery after being in an accident. But the man standing over her, with his face hidden behind a surgical mask and wielding instruments, is no doctor she recognizes at the hospital where she works as a successful and respected doctor. He’s a stranger - and he’s calmly and methodically telling her how he's about to attack her. Before Alex can even scream for help, she succumbs to another dose of anesthesia, rendering her unable to defend herself....

When she comes to on a gurney, she finds herself surrounded by her colleagues and immediately reports the attack and rape. The police are skeptical of her bizarre story. And after a physical exam reveals no proof of any attack, even her boyfriend has doubts. Despite Alex's adamant claims, no one believes her, leaving her to wonder if she has, in fact, lost her mind.

Until she meets the next victim....

An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller, Don't Wake Up is also a provocative, timely exploration of victimhood, abuse, and the discrediting of women in our culture.

©2019 Liz Lawler (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers
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Pretty good

The story was pretty good overall, but sometimes I found myself questioning the characters’ thought processes. Also, the medical scenarios were OK, but as a doctor I found them to be unrealistic; this is a common problem I have with books/movies/TV shows, and I both understand and accept that these scenes won’t always be accurate.

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Couldn’t stop listening!

If it was an actual book, it would really be a page turner! Listened to it all over 2 days, recovering from dental surgery. Great book, loved it!

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Great story. Good narration.

I often find I cannot enjoy audio books if the narrator's voice annoys me. Happy to report I was not annoyed at all lol. A very interesting story. 5 stars all around.

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Great concept, terrible audio book!

I want to start by saying, my review is not just about the story, I listened to the audio version and often times the performance can make or break my overall feelings about a book. The story was good, at first but I admit I found our protagonist's actions to be a bit mystifying. I also struggled with the romantic storylines. I was intrigued enough to continue til the end, but something just fell flat. I realized halfway through the book, the setting was the UK, with mentions of the River Avon and even The River Thames, but the reader sounded very American, or possibly Canadian. One of the things I love about British Thrillers is the dialect and accents the reader uses to set the scenes. Hearing a Cockney Style Guv'na is much better than and American saying GO VER NOR. So that makes a big difference in my overall impression. Which was MEH.

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Interesting Plot

Can't say I knew right away who the bad guy was...pretty intriguing story line.
Would recommend it to friends who like mysteries.

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Shocking story

This is quite a thriller and mystery. It was so I tense throughout I got a stomach ache. I wasn’t even close to guessing the murderer.

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Enjoyed

I especially loved the thriller part of this book. I tried and tried to predict but fell short. I was, like everyone else, disappointed that it wasn’t in a British accent. I feel like the book would have gotten better ratings had it been.

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Why is an American narrating a British novel?

A hard to listen to book! The narrator isn’t horrible per se, but why? Do not recommend.

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Disappointed

It was weird to me that phrases, words and places were all British but the narrator had an American accent. It threw me. I listen to a lot of audio books and I think it would have been better suited to have a narrator with an English accent.

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Good fast pace thriller. Interesting point of view . Twists were unexpected and good. Kept the reader guessing

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