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ostepop 's review for:
The Memory Police
by Yōko Ogawa
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Misogyny, Rape
Everyday things disappear on the order of the Memory Police - birds, ferries, novels, etc. Most people immediately “forget” these things. There is a subplot, a book within the book, in which the protagonist is kidnapped and (it is alluded to) experiences sexual abuse.