Memory Man

paperback, 509 pages

English language

Published Feb. 23, 2016 by Vision.

ISBN:
978-1-4555-5980-0
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4 stars (15 reviews)

Amos Decker's life changed forever-- twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect -- he can never forget anything. The second time was at home nearly two decades later. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare -- his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered. His family destroyed, their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up …

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reviewed Memory man by David Baldacci (Amos Decker series -- [bk. 1])

Review of 'Memory man' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Except a few plots, I think the whole story is well designed and entertained. And I think I figured out a general pattern of these kind of detective books. Readers are lazy. Though we think we are using all of our mind to connect all the information and to solve the puzzles, we are actually fooling ourselves. As a true detective, we would face tons of information and most of them are useless. However, we don't have this problem as a reader because the author just gives us one piece of information every time and leads us to the results he wants to tell us. But the trickiest part is the author has to let the readers think they are smart. This book did a good job.

reviewed Memory man by David Baldacci (Memory man -- [1])

Review of 'Memory man' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I read this hoping for more interesting background on the idea of a piece of fiction based in cognitive neuropsychology including synesthesia and memory, but while it was an engaging piece of fiction, I was left hoping for more in the science background department.

It was a nicely tortured main character with an intriguing background working slowly through a relatively standard police procedural drama. I was left hoping for a more nuanced and bigger ending, but was fairly satisfied with the reality of the ending. Though not bad overall and recommendable, it isn't something I'd necessarily want to option and produce as a film, though I can certainly see someone doing it.