Beginning at the scene of a car crash we are thrown straight in to the consequences of insomnia, and this is the catalyst for Thea to take it seriously and get help.

Then just like those mind reading Facebook ads, a new clinical sleep trial promising a cure appears like magic on her phone. This is where the book dons a spacesuit and takes a leap into sci-fi territory. Think mash up of The Island and The Matrix but still communicating with NASA and keeping the thriller aspects.

The characters of Thea, her mother and their relationship was enough to keep me invested as the plot spun on its head. The pacing did dip in places but not enough for me to nod off (see what I did there ha ha).

I’m probably making no sense at all and I’m no expert on sci-fi, apart from the odd read it’s a genre I rarely pick up. What I will say is that if you enjoy Blake Crouch then Louise is definitely floating in the same atmosphere.