A review by nixiethepixie
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Happy to have finally got round to this. A mysterious, gentle dystopic world surrounding the imposed removal and loss of memories. In some ways, I was never fully sold on the logic of the premise which isn’t usually something I’d find myself caught up with. However, I enjoyed the characters, and there were some really beautiful passages and idea particularly surrounding the nature of memory, and the necessity of storytelling - stories can and will live on despite what happens to us and our living memory. The end was pretty dire, as was the crumbling of relationships and existence into thin air.