15.1k reviews for:

Muistipoliisi

Yōko Ogawa

3.77 AVERAGE

morgancavin's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

zoecribbs's review against another edition

3.75

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Begins as an unnerving story and finishes as a truly disturbing one.

heyitsylan's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

erin_paige's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful spare writing. So much of the early part of the book, and all encounters with the Memory Police are so Kafka-esque. The characters, though, do not rage against their circumstances but slip into the horror of their situation as a malaise. They are naive and uncomfortably oblivious like Murakami’s men. By the end I felt moved in the same way as I did after Yan Lianke’s Four Books. This will haunt me, and I love Ogawa for that.

camylladuarte's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective slow-paced

khozu's review against another edition

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

cpachecofores's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sachalata's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Such a fluid, slightly eerie read. The last 4 chapters have so much weight that they bear and it’s lead to some reflection of what we do have even if not physically. Very thought-provoking read, kinda Orwellian, feels like a classic!

sterpy's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

ljimenez89's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes