Review "I know my name" - C. J. Cooke

Sunt momente cand vreau sa imi las gandurile mele deoparte si sa alerg dupa un mister, acel sentiment care iti accelereaza pulsul, o poveste care te face sa pui pauza si sa analizezi cateva momente din timp. 

"I know my name" scrisa de C. J. Cooke este un thriller psihologic, ce incepand sa il citesti te cheama sa simti si sa traiesti odata cu personajele, in acelasi timp intrebandu-te cum? si descoperind labirintul ce este mintea umana. 

Povestea incepe cu un mister: o femeie este gasita de patru persoane, pe o plaja, pe o insula din Marea Egee, nu departe de Creta. Cand aceasta isi revine, realizeaza ca nu stie unde e, cum a ajuns acolo, cine sunt strainii care au salvat-o si mai important, cine este ea? Cu cat zilele trec, ea incearca sa isi puna gandurile in ordine, insa nimic nu are sens. Cu ajutorul unuia dintre noii ei prieteni, descopera ca numele ei este Eloise, dar cum e posibil ca ei sa fi stiut  in tot acest timp? Memoria incearca sa ii arate partile adevarului, insa pana nu accepta ce se afla in Cutia Pandorei tinuta sub cheie de ea, nu poate parasi insula.

Intr-un alt colt al altei insule, in Londra, sotia lui Lochlan Shelley este data disparuta, lasand in urma doi copii mici, singuri in casa. Nimeni nu isi inchipuie unde ar putea disparea fara urma o mama iubitoare si o sotie perfecta. Odata cu implicarea politiei, ies la iveala secrete greu de acceptat, iar Lochlan isi vede acum sotia cu alti ochi si se teme pentru viitorul lor.

O experienta dura si o calatorie a descoperirii de sine atat pentru Lochlan, care realizeaza ca familia este cea mai importanta, iar gresesile facute in trecut sunt o lectie grea dar invatata, cat si pentru Eloise, care reuseste sa evadeze de pustiirea in care mintea ei a aruncat-o prin a-si infrunta temerile, insula pe care si-a gasit puterea o metafora perfecta pentru cat de izolata s-a lasat dusa de ganduri si traume.

Cartea ascunde multe scene pline de mister, iubire si durere, insa nu am de gand sa divulg mai mult decat am spus. Sunt impletite si cateva mituri grecesti in poveste, mituri care se potrivesc cu locatia povestii si aduc in perspectiva sentimentele pe care le experimenteaza Eloise. 

Pentru cei care prefera genul thriller, cu o nota psihologica, dar si cu o poveste de iubire ce depaseste obstacolele vietii, "I know my name" este o alegere frumoasa. Pentru mine nu este prima carte de acest gen si am preconizat firul actiunii, insa nu m-a facut sa nu o savurez ca pe o noutate. Cartea nu este inca disponibila la noi, dar daca o vom gasi in librarii, o recomand. Pentru doritori, o puteti gasi pe Amazon sau pentru format e-book ma puteti contacta 😊

Description

Komméno Island, Greece: I don't know where I am, who I am. Help me.
A woman is washed up on a remote Greek island with no recollection of who she is or how she got there.

Potter’s Lane, Twickenham, London: Eloïse Shelley is officially missing.
Lochlan’s wife has vanished into thin air, leaving their toddler and twelve-week-old baby alone. Her money, car and passport are all in the house, with no signs of foul play. Every clue the police turn up means someone has told a lie…

Does a husband ever truly know his wife? Or a wife know her husband? Why is Eloïse missing? Why did she forget?
The truth is found in these pages…

I Know My Name by C.J. Cooke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Every once in a while I feel the need to make my thoughts race in a mad pursuit of a mystery, the thrill of a story that makes you stop for a moment and analyze its meaning.
“I know my name” by C. J. Cooke is that psychological thriller that makes you ache, think and feel for the characters and also makes you wonder how and gives you a perspective of the labyrinth that is the mind. The book is not singular in its genre and I’ve read similar stories, but with each one I experience newness.
Washed ashore on a beach in a beautiful scenery of an island in the Aegean Sea, a woman is saved by four strangers, there on a writing retreat. When her senses return she realizes she has no recollection of how she got there, where there is, who the people who saved her are and more importantly who she is. In the weeks that pass on the island she will discover her name is Eloise, that her saviors don’t seem as much as strangers, that her memory tries to place her in a reality that is hard to grasp but slowly returning to her.
Across land and sea, in London, Lochlan Shelley’s wife has gone missing, leaving their two small children alone in the house. No one knows where she could possibly have gone, with nothing amiss in the house and all her belongings intact. At once with the police involvement, secrets deep buried rise and Lochlan now learns more about his wife and starts fearing for their future.
A journey of self discovery: Lochlan realizing that family is more important than anything, looking in the past and acknowledge his mistakes and trump them; Eloise trying to escape from the isolation that her mind stranded her to, only by defeating her demons and accept herself, the island a beautiful metaphor for her thoughts and feelings.
A good reading, a beautifully written book and a story for the mind and soul. I liked the mix of the Greek myths, well chosen considering the place where the story’s action is placed, with the intricacies of life and mind and love.
The book was an easy read, I finished it in one day. It wasn’t particularly suspenseful, I grasped the mystery early on, but that may be also because of all the other similar books I’ve read; though at some point I asked myself if it was a “Gone Girl” action. All in all the story is good researched and has a happy end, which is a win.


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