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HLD (99 KP) rated The Alienist - Season 1 in TV

Aug 22, 2018 (Updated Aug 22, 2018)

Superb scenery (2 more)

I imagine a close representation of the time period

Character development is slight in some of the main cast, but it is there

Dakota Fanning never smiles. Not once (1 more)

For all the terrible things that happen, I don't feel, as a viewer, the terrible people got what they deserved

Engaging and thrilling

Much like 'Hannibal', or 'Mindhunter', this show attempts to put our protagonist in the mind of the monster he is hunting. Although it takes him a while to realise that is indeed what he is doing.

This is in interesting idea for a show. Before Psychology was a respected field of medicine, you have alienists. Essentially doing the same job, but categorised differently.

Every character appears to have demons of their own. By the end of the season, they confront those demons simply by talking about them aloud to another person.

Also, was paedophilia as accepted 118 years ago as this show portrays? Is it merely an exaggeration of some historical accounts? Who knows, but it definitely created an unhealthy dynamic within society.
Everyone cares so much about the murders of these young men, but nobody cares about the children living on the streets. Or the people having sex with them.

The filming of the show does out-perform some of the acting, but the scenery added to the storylines that occur are sure to keep you entertained until episode ten.

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Christine A. (965 KP) rated Recursion in Books

Jul 8, 2019

Recursion

Blake Crouch | 2019 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.3

(7 Ratings)

Book Rating

Wow! A well-thought-out and well-executed story with great writing. Just wow!

I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

I write 200-word reviews. They are exactly 200 words. For Blake Crouch's Recursion, my review could be just writing the word "wow" 198 times and to end it with "read this!".

I rarely rate a book 5 stars. They have to be extraordinary, either extraordinarily written or be an extraordinary story. This was both. I also usually write my reviews soon after finishing a book but I needed time to decompress and process this story.

I was a Psychology major and had several people close to me suffer from Alzheimer’s so I am fascinated by memory. In Recursion, in 2007, a scientist works to create technology to preserve our memories to help her mother who has Alzheimer’s. In 2018, people suffer from False Memory Syndrome, an affliction that drives people mad with memories of living an entirely different life, a life they never lived.

Recursion asks, "what if you could go back through your memories and “fix” them? Change events in order to protect children, countries, civilizations." Would you?

I have wanted to read Blake Crouch for more than a decade but did not get around to it. I am annoyed I did not read him sooner.

This review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 7/2/19.