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Recursion

Recursion

By
Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch
2019 • 329 pages

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**Memory makes reality.**

That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent. As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it. But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?

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  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Dystopian

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MLKennedy
ML Kennedy@MLKennedy

A quick, fun read with some interesting concepts and philosophy. The dialogue sounds more like a TedX talk than human conversation and there is way too much plot getting in the way of the story.

January 18, 2023
arn_j
Aaron J@arn_j

Liked. Very hard to review without spoiling, but an interesting take on a familiar concept. Light on character exploration, but the plot goes places.

July 24, 2020
chan
Alana@chan

OK I guess I have found my favorite read of 2019?? OMG!

When you think things are crazier/bad enough, it goes BEYOND.
Well, I say the same about Dark Matter but I found that this one is solid from the very start while Dark Matter takes a while to truly get going.
Blake Crouch's writing is just so good.

I think I put this book down for 2 days because I didn't want it to end. Lol

Anyway, Blake Crouch is awesome. Recursion is awesome. Read it.

July 25, 2019
mananmehta30
Manan@mananmehta30

Solipsism : The novel

April 4, 2020

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