Recursion by Blake Crouch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Usually straight science fiction is not my thing, but this was something above and beyond! I initially tried it because of all the hype over Crouch's book, Dark Matter. And this was definitely deserving of similar praise.
The story is a winding and intriguing tale of two main characters whose life intertwine but intermittently based on the events in the book. It begins with Barry who is NYPD officer and has a suicide case of someone suffering from a new syndrome called "FMS" or "False Memory Syndrome". At first it is unclear what is causing this and what will be done to try to stop it. Our other protagonist is a neuroscientist named Helena whose goal in her work is to find a way to help people suffering from dementia hold onto memories longer. Her aim is driven through her mother having dementia and her obvious love for her.
As the story weaves together, it brings everything from science fiction, thriller and a love-story. This book was a wonderful experience and will certainly have me lining up to read the next thing by this author.
Highly recommend!
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Neurologist & avid book-lover; Many genres: Thrillers/Suspense/Mystery, Fiction (most subtypes), YA, Middle-grade, Dystopian/Fantasy/Sci-fi, Non-fiction (usually science/medical/political); married to wonderful man and we have 4 children and 1 DIL; If not reading, I might be watching sports with the fam (almost anything) or binge-watching the latest releases; I do read some neurology and medicine in there too...
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