A review by jediprincess
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

dark emotional reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is such a beautiful novel. I love how the world wasn’t explained -
why were the memory police doing what they were doing? No clue, other than the need for power/control. So with the characters not fighting back against them, that fact made the world even more haunting.
It kind of reminds me of Broken April. This will be a reread
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