Book Review - Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman

Title: Mr. Nobody
Author: Catherine Steadman
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Published: 2020
 
Description: A man lacking identification and unable to speak is found unconscious on a British beach and immediately draws national press and Mr. Nobody. But when neuropsychiatrist Dr. Emma Lewis is invited to assess him, she discovers he does recall something about her own past that no one else knows.
 
Review: From the first page, you are in the story. It starts with a man who washes up on the beach in England. He has no memory of what happened to him, who he is and he can’t speak. Dr. Emma Lewis, a specialized neuropsychiatrist, is brought in to help him regain his memory and find out what happened to him. But Emma grew up in this area, a place she never really planned to return back to. Because she has a secret of her own. Emma actually goes by a different name and left Norfolk with her family when she was young.
 
The books leaves you in the dark about Emma’s secret for a long time and the mystery around the man that was found is very intriguing as well. You eventually get to know Emma better and we learn, together with her, what is going on with the man.
 
But once it’s unraveled and we know more about Emma’s past and the mystery around the man, the book really becomes less interesting. It all plays out a bit predictable and the ending is very implausible. There are a lot of plot points that I predicted, because they were obvious. And I don’t mind predicting plot points, as long as they are not too obvious.
 
In the end is was just okay, nothing noteworthy or memorable.
 
Rating: 3/ 5