By far one of the best books I have read this year. ( )

Great concept and excellent execution. But it kinda gets a bit confusing and hard to follow around the 2/3rd's mark. Then it picks up again and then you're back to meandering. The ending is not as good as I was hoping for. Kinda falls flat for me.

Overall, a very good Summer read, no two ways about it. I finished in 5 days. I'm a big fan of the author, so I am a bit bias in my opinions. Even if this is your first-time reading him, if you are a sci-fi, techno-geek fan, you will love this book. ( )

4 stars for the idea, 3 stars for the execution. I find that lots of modern writers tend to use a "screen friendly" writing style, i.e. one that would appeal to a movie producer complete with stage instructions and location settings and to me that's not very helpful for the reader's imagination. ( )

If you woke up tomorrow and suddenly had a brain full of memories of a life you, until this moment, have no recollection of living — what would you do? When memories become so fragile and ephemeral, how do you know what is actually real? Blake Crouch examines a space-time crisis of human making with such a pure and focused vision. The story reminds me most of the movie Edge Of Tomorrow, which is based on concepts in the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Only, in Crouch’s book, the stakes feel more personal and thus, carry more emotional weight. It’s a wonderful, if sometimes mind bending sci-if story. ( )

Around the world, people have begun falling victim to a new, unexplained phenomenon which manifests as a sudden recall of false memories so disturbing that many sufferers ultimately commit suicide. Barry, a police investigator, becomes personally embroiled in the mystery when during his probing discovers that False Memory Syndrome is actually a lab-manufactured affliction. Captured by the architects of FMS, he is sent back to the night of his daughter's tragic death, where (when?) he is given an opportunity to change history.

A delightful, super-entertaining thriller — not what I typically read, but it proved to be the sort of book I'm reluctant to put down even when it's time to go to bed or feed myself. The challenge of tracking multiple timelines had me periodically scratching my head, and Crouch kept me guessing about how the story could possibly resolve satisfactorily. It does...I think...though the nuclear bomb scenes gave me actual nightmares (a first). ( )