15k reviews for:

Muistipoliisi

Yōko Ogawa

3.77 AVERAGE

candicelango's review against another edition

4.5

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brlneiser's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great analogy. Especially in our current times. Forgetting is to be untethered from the past, missing the similarities that link historic atrocities to the present. The “disappearances” in the book are not even truly physical, just mental and emotional, as the disappeared items in question still remain in tact. Much like a lot of history that very much occurred (i.e. the patterns that led to the rise in fascism, the realities of slavery), but humankind has tried to suppress, and while evidence remains, human acceptance of this new way of thinking takes over. 

steobr508's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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A good book by a Zionist is still a book by a Zionist 

monicatdwyer's review against another edition

3.0

sad tense slow-paced

niceread's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

mirandareddekopp's review against another edition

3.5

reflective sad 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: No

thecityofstarlight's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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I’ll come back !!! Super interesting

jfields62's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

_aceebd's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Took me over a week to finish this since I’ve been overwhelmed and preoccupied with everything happening in current events. Overall, this is one of the calmer dystopias I’ve read. A bit too slow-paced for my taste, but still okay. Great metaphor for Imperial Japanese wartime propaganda—or, well, wag na tayo lumayo: it’s a sharp metaphor for how government and media collaborate to fool civilians.

infinitehotdogs's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes