Recursion by Blake Crouch Series: standalone
Published by Crown Publishing Group (NY) on June 11, 2019
Genres: Science Fiction, Time-Travel, Thriller
Pages: 336
Format: Kindle Edition
Source: Publisher
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I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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?
I think I am at a point where I will read anything that Blake Crouch writes in the future. I love his writing. I love the imagination, and this book delivered it all in a near-perfect package. I knew when I cracked the book open, it will be the only thing consuming my reading time and I was right. From the moment I started it, I had a hard time putting it down until I finished it.
So what is the book about? I’ll try to explain some of it without going too deeply into it because I think it’s best to go into this book with the unknown and an open mind.
This book follows a cop named Barry and a neuroscientist Helena. Barry Sutton is investigating a phenomenon dubbed by the media as a FMS - False Memory Syndrome. People are popping up claiming they remember another life they lived, and that their memories feel so real as if they really did live them out. But how could it be if the life they are currently living in isn’t the same?
Helena Smith has devoted her entire life to create the technology of preserving precious memories, especially since her own mother’s memories are failing due to Alzheimer’s. What she ends up creating is far beyond that. A machine that can send you back into memory and have you relive that life all over again. People who were meant to die, don’t have to die. But what happens if they remember their deaths? In the wrong hands, the piece of technology is terrifying and possibly world ending.
This book was fast-paced, one wildly entertaining ride that is both imaginative, scary, and well written. I had a hard time putting the book down and love every minute of it. Blake Crouch is an amazing author that knows how to hook me from the first sentence until the very end.
I read Black Matter last year, hmm, I wonder if the library is getting this one too
One of these days I need to pick up one of his books. Glad it was intense and kept you riveted.
I’m glad to see you loved this one. It’s one of my favorite reads of the year so far. What a wild ride!
I really enjoyed this one as well. I loved how everything fit together. I am so glad you enjoyed this one.
I’m so happy you loved this. It’s been waiting on my TBR for a while. I still haven’t read Dark Matter because I’ve been saving it. Wonderful review!
I feel the same way. Blake Crouch is an auto read author for me now- this one blew my mind. Just like dark Matter. 🙂
I read and really enjoyed Dark Matter, so I’ll have to check this one out seeing as you loved it. 🙂
I need to read one of his books soon! I love when an author sucks you in and keeps you captured all the way to the end. This sounds riveting too with memory being so fluid, how accurate are our memories?
I’ve never read any of his books, but I’m fascinated by time-travel stories, so I might try this one at some point! Also, if it’s an intense read, how can someone pass? 😉 Glad you loved it!
Definitely sounds like this was a great read! Nice review and have a great Thanksgiving!!
This book was amazing and gripped me almost as much as Dark Matter - Crouch is so creative!
I haven’t read this author but the story premise sounds incredible.
I think its always such a great delight when we see such imagination in a story….you gotta love a story that is so engaging for you. Glad it was such a win for you.
I agree, this was a fantastic book, one of the best of the year!
Fantastic review and yes, if he writes it. I will read it. LOL