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Tell Me an Ending

Jo Harkin

3.7 AVERAGE

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH

Very interesting premise, but I just couldn't get into this book. I didn't find any of the characters or their accompanying stories interesting and they all just drug along very sluggishly. The only character I was really interested in was Noor. I felt like there was too much "fluff" in each character's chapters and it wasn't necessary to the plot and was, unfortunately, boring.

Only completed about 67% of the book before I decided to move on.
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark reflective tense medium-paced
challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In this speculative fiction debut we are told the story of four ‘patients’ who have had their memories removed or are looking to have removed at Nepenthe, a clinic that can erase them for good.


Each part of the book is told from each of their viewpoints and also from Noor who works in aftercare once the procedure has been carried out.

It’s a really interesting premise for a novel and I found it reflective to think how much of your memory makes you who you are.

I liked how the characters were somewhat linked, although loosely, and how by the end we find out what was erased and what effect this had on their individual psyches.

Utterly thought provoking; if this technology was available to us today, what would we want to forget and what would others want us to forget? What would people hide and would some use it to cover up events that they wanted forgotten for the greater good even if it was morally wrong?
emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging fast-paced