A review by kazemiko
Mister Memory by Marcus Sedgwick

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

That poor man. He has an eidetic memory, but before it was known as that. This is set in Paris between like 1895 and 1910. The First World War has not happened yet. People go to see Mesmerists and Memorists, people basically with eidetic memories who can remember everything. Accused of a murder, we follow Marcel du Pries (Pres? I don't know, I had the audiobook!) as he is looked after by an alienist. It was all very interesting. I loved the sections we got from Inspector Petit as he basically sat down, looked at a picture, and solved the whole case. Sounding a lot like Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove when he suddenly detailed the plot. I think the ending was a little abrupt for me, the way it just sort of stopped almost mid-thought.