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Memory Theatre by Simon Critchley

niconicoletter's review

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challenging funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

kimisaboss123's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

nnikif's review

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4.0

A mad Borgesian story told as an autobiography. Is Critchley somehow related to the Remainder's narrator? And to what degree is this all true?

jgurniak's review against another edition

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2.0

Got about halfway through before giving up. I couldn't get into it and it reached a point where I couldn't remember what was going on anymore.

mrxqii's review

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funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

causticcovercritic's review

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2.0

Irritating and pretentious. Also describes the demise of the dinosaurs as having taken place 15 million years ago, rather than 65 million. I wonder if Critchley's book on David Bowie thinks Bowie was born in 1998.

bernard_black's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

4.5

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lindabadgley's review

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challenging emotional reflective

3.75

perfectsolitude's review

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dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

What did I just read? This was interesting, odd and conceptual. 
It’s a tiny book, just 76 pages, about the philosophy of memory. It gives an interesting glimpse into the mind of an intellect that looses himself (like… extremely) in certain ideas and concepts.

sama_'s review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75