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Reddit review calls Yoko Ogawa's 'The Memory Police' a good idea, badly executed

Reader posts critical review of 'The Memory Police' to r/books

1 Sep 19 6:50 PM · 4d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 2

User lexiebeef publishes a review praising the novel's premise and its novel-within-a-novel but criticizing its slow pacing, flat characters, and unexplained worldbuilding; the same text is mirrored shortly after on a Mastodon-linked blog (booksns.com).

Reader posts critical review of 'The Memory Police' to r/books
booksns.com

“So why did I dislike this book so much?”

lexiebeef

Yoko Ogawa Author of 'The Memory Police'lexiebeef Reddit user / reviewerCharlie Kaufman Filmmaker mentioned as a planned adapter of the novel

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