15k reviews for:

Muistipoliisi

Yōko Ogawa

3.77 AVERAGE

nojulia_onlybooks's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jojotimber's review against another edition

3.25

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

raoulgonzo's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ichidactyl's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

pixycloud's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

hannah_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Hmm. The writing/translation of this is good, and it flows well/quickly, but it also might be too sci-fi for me? I feel like the memory police would have been more scary without the magical version of forgetting and disappearing.

413sorankin's review against another edition

5.0

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an incredible look into how profoundly the people and things around you impact one’s sense of self

saralup's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Bizarre, unfulfilling ending. Interesting concept. 
The novel within the novel was highly symbolic, but creepy. Must suspend reality to comprehend. 

linlila's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense

a_dogg1666's review against another edition

4.0

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4 - 4 and a half

Really got sucked into this book, loved the way it was written in a way that almost makes you forget little details like the characters in the book.
The dialog was interesting and flowed really well and I although I wouldn’t say it was subtle its commentary was also well done.

My main criticism is sometimes events felt like they were just thrown in because the writer didn’t know exactly how to progress the story or maybe felt like there wasn’t much action. I also would have liked to know a little bit more about the memory police past the one time we go their HQ.