Jeff's review of Remainder
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
This book was a big disappointment. After suffering a horrible accident, the main character must learn how to move all over again. He must learn how to use his body, how to walk. After watching a movie with his friends, it occurs to him that all of his movements feel fake. Robert Deniro in the movie was not fake, he was smooth natural. He wants to feel that way. In order to accomplish this, he decides to re-enact memories of his life at a time where he felt real. He can make a perfect re-enactment from the most mundane of memories. He accomplishes this through his settlement from the accident (8million pounds). He buys an entire apartment building, hires actors, and creates smells and sounds just so he can feel that moment of "realness". Even though it isn't real.
It seemed like this books was going somewhere by the concept. It didn't. He just kept re-enacting everything he saw, to the point that something very bad happens. Nothing is really resolved and there is no real ...more
It seemed like this books was going somewhere by the concept. It didn't. He just kept re-enacting everything he saw, to the point that something very bad happens. Nothing is really resolved and there is no real ...more
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