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lenny9987 's review for:
Tell Me an Ending
by Jo Harkin
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
In my last year of college, I did a thesis project where I focused a lot on memory and how it’s written about in literature – how time affects our perspective on memories, how our memory of events in our lives affects the decisions we make, how it all shapes our sense of self and how it evolves… Is it really any surprise, then, that when I read the description of Jo Harkin’s debut novel Tell Me an Ending it immediately went to the top of my ‘To Read’ list? The idea of being able to erase (usually) painful memories is not a new one – Harkin’s characters make references to several famous examples of memory loss throughout the novel. But Harkin’s exploration of the concept also explores at length the ways that such an ability would be at the mercy of human nature in its implementation and asks the age-old question, just because something can be done, does it follow it should be done?
Noor has worked at Nepenthe for years. But the company that specializes in deleting memories from its patients – some choosing to remain consciously aware that they’ve had the procedure done and others choosing to have the knowledge of the procedure deleted as well – has been forced to confront the fact that their promise the deleted memories were gone for good wasn’t true. In fact, rumors that some folks have had traces of their deleted memories popping back up. Some public trials and further medical advancements led to the decision that those who chose not to remember having had the procedure be notified and given the opportunity to have those memories restored at no cost. But as Noor and several others find out, that might not be entirely true either. It may not cost them financially, but there are other costs to consider.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog: https://wp.me/pUEx4-1aC
Noor has worked at Nepenthe for years. But the company that specializes in deleting memories from its patients – some choosing to remain consciously aware that they’ve had the procedure done and others choosing to have the knowledge of the procedure deleted as well – has been forced to confront the fact that their promise the deleted memories were gone for good wasn’t true. In fact, rumors that some folks have had traces of their deleted memories popping back up. Some public trials and further medical advancements led to the decision that those who chose not to remember having had the procedure be notified and given the opportunity to have those memories restored at no cost. But as Noor and several others find out, that might not be entirely true either. It may not cost them financially, but there are other costs to consider.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog: https://wp.me/pUEx4-1aC