A review by ye_li
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

dark reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Memory Police is a very existential story. You watch the characters slowly become empty shells until they are only fragments—can you even consider them human by the end? The Memory Police isn't a bad book by any means, but it isn't extraordinary either.
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