July 2019 Standalone BOTM - Recursion, by Blake Croush

[Alaina]

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.

Neuroscientist Helena Smith already understands the power of memory. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious moments of our pasts. 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?

[Damselflies]

5% Very interesting start

[Damselflies]

21% (view spoiler)[She should've known that they would turn her technology into something dark and evil, that's always what happens. I do hope her mom still get her "treatment" though, then at at least she had some gain out of it (hide spoiler)]

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29% (view spoiler)[Oh sh********t, can it literally change the past ? is that's what happening a service where you can pay to literally change the past omg (hide spoiler)]

[Damselflies]

38% (view spoiler)[Oh wow this is turning dark, I hope she can escape and it's so sad she never got to map her mother's memories (hide spoiler)]

[Damselflies]

44% (view spoiler)[ Omg Barry you're such a dumb ass, that you only realised that now -facepalm- let's hope your daughter is still alive (hide spoiler)]

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49% (view spoiler)[Omg they finally came together, hopefully to murder Marcus and let's hope Barry gets at least a little smarter, Helena, please put some brains into him (hide spoiler)]
50% (view spoiler)[New future player in town ? Someone even worse then Marcus, sheesh (hide spoiler)]

[Damselflies]

63% (view spoiler)[ Omg don't get seduced by what he says (hide spoiler)]

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64% (view spoiler)[Omg Helena just keep your mouth shut, don't give them extra information you idiot, jfc (hide spoiler)]
74% (view spoiler)[Ah, Helena, you can do it ! go go go girl (hide spoiler)]

[Damselflies]

86% (view spoiler)[Jfc, did Marcus actually had the answer to all of this, omg (hide spoiler)]
93% (view spoiler)[Omg no no no no Barry, remember what Slade told you right before the timeline reset please, please use the chair and stop Slade from killing Helena, omg, come on Barry please, aaah (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[Im satisfied with the way it ended, how it was meant to end I guess (hide spoiler)]

[Patty]

10%
(view spoiler)[All of this repressed memory stuff is so interesting to think about. I think the craziest part is that it spreads to other people. Weird. (hide spoiler)]
25%
(view spoiler)[Agree-- Helena definitely should be seen how this machine could be used for evil. Can't fault her for being hopeful that it wouldn't be, I guess. (hide spoiler)]
50%
(view spoiler)[Marcus was scaring me a lot, how far was he going to get. I enjoyed the suspense and seeing Helena and Barry working together to figure this all out. (hide spoiler)]
Finished
(view spoiler)[Just personally, it's difficult for me to enjoy repeated sequences of events/time travel type books... makes a pretty difficult story line when you feel very central to one location/repeated fight. Idk if that makes sense. I think it was well written, but I enjoyed some of the other Blake Crouch books more so my expectations and personal difficulty with time travel books got in the way from the 5 stars I had expected to give. (hide spoiler)]