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The Problem With Compliance

The Memory Policy by Yoko Ogawa

July 22, 2026 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

The Memory Police, by Yoko Ogawa is a quiet, spare, literary tale of dystopia. While I can’t say I enjoyed reading this book, I can say that I think it’s very good. I found the book hard to enjoy for a couple of reasons. One, because it was very strange concept. Our unnamed narrator and her unnamed friends and family live on an unnamed island where things disappear. But, they disappear from people’s memories first, and then the people of the island get rid of the […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Apocalypse Now, cbr18bingo, dystopian fiction, magical realism, weird goodness, yoko ogawa

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Apocalypse Now, cbr18bingo, dystopian fiction, magical realism, weird goodness, yoko ogawa ·
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No man here lives a charmed life.

September 8, 2016 by ingres77 2 Comments

Okay, I’m probably operating on far too little sleep to write a coherent review, but here goes. The prose here is a luminous dream, casting it’s shadows upon the mind and lulling the reader into a warm and tranquil languidity. Coming so fast on the heels of the tenaciously awkward writing of Stephanie Meyer, the fluidity exhibited by Conrad is both refreshing in its rarity and a disheartening reminder that I can never be the writer I often dream that I am. This story has […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Africa, Apocalypse Now, Chinua Achebe, colonialism, Congo, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Literature, Victorian era

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Africa, Apocalypse Now, Chinua Achebe, colonialism, Congo, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Literature, Victorian era ·
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