Back
Yoko Ogawa: The Memory Police (2019, Pantheon Books) 4 stars

**2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, …

Review of 'The Memory Police' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Haunting and beautiful. I really enjoyed this, despite the persistent anxiety it caused me. The path the story took from curiosity, to resistance, to resigning acceptance was tragic. It's been a long time since I have felt this way about a story.