NK3

An interesting premise to be sure - a mysterious North Korean virus wipes the memory of everyone in the U.S. Some of the more prominent survivors have gone through a process to restore at least some of their memories and therefore their identities. With this framework, there's many directions the author could have gone.

Unfortunately, he went small rather than big. A more engaging book for me would have been a broader, country-wide or global story about this impact of this civilization-changing event. Instead the author's narrow focus is just on L.A. and how those who are “restored” are recreating society. While there are some interesting, thought-provoking aspects to this plot, there is too much which is left incomplete - especially related to the less-than-thumbnail sketches of characters. I did finish the book, mainly to see if there was a worthy conclusion to the story. Unfortunately, I was let down when I discovered - nope, there wasn't.