jlmcnair 's review for:

Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
4.0

Michael Smith's first novel, Only Forward, is one of my all-time favourite novels. If you've never read it, you really should. I wasn't expecting Spares to be quite as good, and it wasn't. It's still a very interesting novel, and from time to time, even reminded me of Only Forward. It takes a while before we learn what the Spares of the title are, but then ultimately, the novel isn't even really about that at all -- the Spares play a very minor part. It was an interesting read, but I didn't love it. I did, however, make note of one quote from near the end:

"Memories are nothing more than a book you've read and lost, not a bible for the rest of your life."