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A review by ajcham01
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Quick read with with a surreal plot requiring heavy suspension of disbelief. Impossible occurrences drive the plot and are not explained; if you can get on board, the story is an engaging, if foreboding, remark on state surveillance and the resulting self-policing: a new metaphor for the panopticon and what we lose when we submit to it.
The kind of book where I realized I was about 10 pages from finishing and knew I wouldn’t get the ending I wanted, but the ending worked nonetheless.
The kind of book where I realized I was about 10 pages from finishing and knew I wouldn’t get the ending I wanted, but the ending worked nonetheless.
Moderate: Sexual assault