Oh my gosh! I couldn't put this down. I went back and forth trying to put pieces of the story together to figure out what the hell was happening and was SHOOK at the end. So good!

Stay Awake is a gripping, page turning thriller! One that I've not ever read before.

You will find this book written in two POV's. One in today's timeline and that of two years prior.
Liv is confused and wakes up not realizing/remembering where she is and why...or even why she has written words on her body.

Stay Awake is an intense, thrilling, gripping read that will keep you on your toes until the very end! If you're looking for a one of a kind thriller, this is the book for you!
And that ending.... wow. I didn't see that one!

A well written thriller from start to finish!!!!

Highly recommend to anyone who loves thrillers!
I look forward to reading more books by this incredible author!!

5 stars
*Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's press for a widget to read in exchange for an honest review*

Liv is the female MC, who loses two years of her life every time she falls asleep. She has notes on her hands like “stay awake” “don’t talk to the police.” It was a very creepy and well thought out storyline. I’ve loved all of the books written by this author and cannot wait for them to write more. Perfect combination of thriller and creepy!!

I’d like to thank netgalley and the punisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I have one read one other book by this author, The Night Swim and really enjoyed that so I was excited to read this one. When Liv wakes up and realizes she can’t remember who she is, what day it is, or year and she has notes written all over her hands, she must try to find out what has happened the last two years because if she falls asleep, she may never remember. A great read.

I loved Goldin's previous novel, The Night Swim, and I was so excited when I received a widget for Stay Awake. I dove into this book with high expectations. I seem to be in the minority here, and do not want to leave a negative review, but I just did not like this book. I find the whole amnesia plot is becoming over done in a lot of the books I have been reading lately. When I got into this book, and amnesia starting playing such a huge role, I started to lose interest immediately. Several times while reading this book, it just felt to me like the movie Groundhog Day. The story got very repetitive, and that got frustrating for me. I got very tired of the same phrases over and over again "stay awake" and "don't trust anyone". They seemed to be repeated every other page. I developed no emotional connection to Liv or any of the characters for that matter, other than maybe Ted, who was the only one I really liked in the whole book. I will not fault Goldin's writing style at all, because it is still spot on, I just don't think that the theme of this book worked for me. Sad to say this was a miss for me, but again, I seem to be in the minority.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martins' Press for this ARC.

I was given this book from NetGalley for an honest review -
Lily tries her hardest to stay awake because when she sleeps she can't remember
Two years ago she worked as a writer at a magazines and was dating.
Why is there writing all over her hands that say stay awake? Why is she running and not knowing where she is? Why does she find a bloody knife in her pocket?
Someone knows and doesn't want her to remember! Grab this book for an edge of your seat thriller!

Wow this is so good it’s told in two timelines - present day and two years ago by Liv Reese. Present day Liv wakes up in the back seat of a NY cab with no clue as to why or how, she also doesn’t have her phone or purse but there’s writing written on her hands. Somehow she understands she must stay awake to figure out why she is wanted by NYPD. Two years ago, Liv survived a traumatic event and moved to London. She’s diagnosed as an amnesiac, memory loss. When this occurs Liv wakes up not remembering what happened the night before. This is a quick, very intense, and twisty read! Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for a copy. This is my honest review.

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin is a solidly written book. It does require a lot of suspension of disbelief to believe that the lead character Liv, cannot fall asleep without forgetting everything. If you can get over that premise, this book is pretty darn good. The back and forth time frames work well and set the stage for the progression of the story. I did figure out "whodunit" about three quarters of the way through, but nonetheless this was an entertaining story. Pretty good police procedural too on top of a good domestic mystery. Recommend and thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

A great page turner in the covid era... a great escape for an afternoon, a day at the beach, a vacation or plane read to divert ones thoughts from everyday life.

Could not put it down! There were so many twists and turns that I was completely engrossed in this book. There were a few things I figured out before the book revealed them, such as an affair that was taking place and who the killer actually was, but it did not detract from the book once my assumptions were proved true. I loved Halliday and how she was so determined to look past the obvious clues and I thought Liv was a great character as well. I would highly recommend this book!

Captivating

Definitely captivating from the beginning. Nobody seems to be who you think they are. Liv's condition is rare, but interesting. I really did enjoy this read. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book received via NetGalley.

I wrote a review for Stay Awake yesterday and left it until this morning to review. Do you know what? I realized it was so boring it would have put Liv to sleep no matter how much caffeine she ingested. The new review plan is being revised and rethought, but for 2022 and I am going to try to leave the book description to the people who already wrote it quite well and stick to how the book made me feel. Good luck to me!
Imagine waking up in a taxi with no idea how you got there? Especially when you don't recall going out and having too much to drink. The last thing you remember is being in your office and answering the phone. What could have possibly happened between then and now? She doesn't have her purse or phone, but she does have a lot of cash, a bunch of writing on her hands telling her to stay awake, and other assorted messages that make very little sense. Oh, and a bloody knife, just, what did Liv do after work?
If this seems like a disorienting scenario, buckle up because this is only the beginning. Every time Liv falls asleep, she wakes up having no idea where she is and only remembers the last thing she did, answering the phone in her office. We learn through chapters set in the present, and two years ago, that she suffered a severe injury and something horrific happened to her roommate and boyfriend. She doesn't know who to call or what to do and every time she gains a little more knowledge, she falls asleep, losing all of her recently gained information.
Enter Detectives Halliday and LaValle who are searching for a woman who is the number one suspect in a murder investigation. The woman turns out to be Liv and when she sees her picture on TV, the only thing she is sure of is that she wouldn't kill anyone. But can she be trusted when she doesn't remember the victim or what she did last night? When it appears that someone other than the police are desperate to find Liv, I was holding my breath hoping that she wouldn't fall asleep again!
This was such a tension-filled story and honestly, just a nightmare scenario. I loved how the author dropped small tidbits of information along the way. Enough so I started to make predictions about the bad guy, but not enough for me to not have more than one suspect, including Liv. Megan Goldin is three for three with me. Every book has been so different and once again, I stayed up too late finishing this one. For once, that was an incredibly good thing, and when I woke up in the morning, I checked to be sure I had finished this twisty book. 4.5 stars.

I enjoyed Night Swim by this author so I needed to get my hands on this ASAP! I could not put it down and was so invested in how things would play out. Soooo good and highly recommend!

This was a very aptly titled book: Stay Away, Stay Awake, Stay Awake! That's what I had to tell myself last night in order to finish this book because it was that good. I read it almost in one sitting.

I really enjoyed the storyline in regards to how everything was woven together. The multiple timelines and multiple POV"s were certainly a plus and were very nicely done. I loved the banter between the two detectives, would be interested to see another novel with them included!

One very small criticism I would have (very minor) is that the blurb refers to the movie Memento, for those who have seen that movie it kind of let me know how it may turn out. It didn't ruin anything by any means but I just had a good idea of where it was going. But can see wanting to entice people who may have enjoyed the movie.

Every book by this author has been unique and I have really enjoyed them all.

Thanks so much for my advanced copy looking forward to the next book. Separate review will be posted on good reads without the criticism.

Stay Awake begins: "Starbursts blink from streetlights like they're sharing a secret as I wake to find myself slumped in the back of a cab, without any recollection of how I got here or where I'm going."

Aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnd, just like that, I was hooked. Good thing I was in that haze between Christmas and New Year's Eve when time doesn't count, because I was able to dive into this book without feeling the slightest bit of guilt about the things I should be doing. (New Year's Resolution: stop feeling guilt about things I should be doing.)

Anyway, Megan Goldin hits all the right notes for me (if you like old mysteries and new podcasts, definitely check out The Night Swim) as a reader, and I've become *picky* about my thrillers of late.

In this book, Liv Reese has a memory condition where whenever she wakes up, she's forgotten everything that happened in the last two years, after she nearly lost her life in (for lack of better words, and to avoid spoilers) a traumatic event. I have absolutely no idea whether such a condition can really happen, and I'll leave that to the smarter folks. But Goldin more than convinced me, and I was along for every turn of this roller coaster ride.

My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book. Megan Goldin, please keep them coming.

After reading and enjoying The Night Swim, I was super excited to read Megan Goldin's new release. This book was amazing and with a twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. In the vein of the movie Momento, Liv tries to uncover what happened to the dead man she wakes up next too but everytime she falls asleep she looses her memory. It’s a very quick read that keeps the readers on their toes from start to finish 10/10 do recommend!!

I was thrilled when I got an email from St. Martin's press offering this galley (thank you!) and it didn't take me long to pick it up. I absolutely loved Goldin's The Night Swim from a few years ago and was really looking forward to this one.

This was another well-plotted, compulsively readable book. I risked car sickness to get some chapters in!! I liked the dual POV between the amnesiac Liv Reese and the NYPD cops looking into her case. While the ending or twist didn't really surprise me, I liked how it all came together (I really don't love twists that come so far out of left field that they don't make sense).

Eager to read anything that Goldin puts out in the future!

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (via Netgalley)

Another fast paced read from this author that I enjoyed. I didn't intend to read the whole thing in one sitting but it was hard to put down.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martins Press for sending me a widget for this book in exchange for an honest review.

Liv finds herself on a park bench in NYC, in the middle of the night with a bloody knife in her pocket. When she goes to her apartment that she shares with her friend Amy, different people are living there. She eventually realizes that the last 2+ years of her life are missing from her memory and she seems to be connected to a murder that just happened.

This was another 5 star read from this author. This was a fast paced novel that I couldn’t put down. I had to find out what was happening! I don’t have a lot to say except it was excellent and I can’t wait for her next one.

I flew through this book in less than 24 hours, so that alone shows that I liked it! This book reminded me of the thriller version of the movie 50 First Dates. It was interesting to hear the story from the protagonist's POV (since she is the the one with the memory problems), but I appreciated the addition of the detective's POV, as well, to help ground things. The timeline was not linear, but the author made it work by using it to draw out the suspense while giving just enough clues to keep things interesting. My only complaint is that things got a bit repetitive, but that's probably nothing compared to how Liv felt. haha. Good book!