The Memory Police | EP 1 | Ch. 1-8 (Read Along Book Club) 

"I haven't forgotten anything."

1:36 I can't imagine how difficult it is to translate a novel; any poetry may be lost or untranslatable, so it's best to make the writing... utilitarian.

OMG! I'm not a big fan of books. But I began to love this book simply because the flow of language is super calming.

So far, I like the story. Interesting concept. I didn’t really know what to expect, but the whole idea of losing a whole concept like that is interesting. My thinking was that the signified was lost and the signifier was left to hang empty and devoid of meaning. Slowly, the signifier would be lost, too, but only because there is no reason to maintain it. So, “bird” and “rose” are just sounds with scant meaning attached, and these signifiers will gradually be lost over time, too. My favorite part is the bit with the old man and his lack of caring about their lost meaning. The story mentions that the emotional content is also lost, so why should he care? Why would anyone? What does this imply? I also wonder how deep she will get into the technical details of all this, though that seems obviously secondary.

Thank God I found this bruh I hate reading and I have to read this for English class

Maybe it's the way you're reading it, but the writing doesn't seem plain to me. It has its own flow... an embedded poetry. It may also be that the concept is intriguing enough ( _disappeared_ memories) that the words evoke a more personal experience? Anyway, any further embellishment would've clouded the meanings, so, it seems perfectly written.

i dont know if you knew this but this book is based on Anne Franks diary. Thats why in chapter 5 when she stated that the wind was discriminating the rose petals it was an allegory to the Nazi picking out and killing the jews

Ch 1-6 I was not feeling it , 7-8 it started to get more interesting As you said the writing is simple and the pace slow - I wasn't expecting that so maybe I just wasn't in the mood for something like this. I'm interested enough to see how it ends and it's a fairly short book (if it was longer I might have DNF'd by chapter 6 lol)

Based on what you’ve read so far, what is one pivotal moment that has most heavily impacted the main character of your novel? How have they been changed/influenced by this specific moment?

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