If you could change your past, would you? How far back would you go? What would you give up? What would you suffer a second time to change your future?
This book explores that very subject, delving into the effect our adjustments would have not only on our own lives but the ripple across the world.
Recursion sits in the extraordinary space between psychological thriller and sci-fi.
Blake Crouch explores the lives of our two main characters as they cope with the impacts of a reality-altering invention that leaves the world at the brink of destruction.
I loved the main characters with a slight lean towards Barry. Barry is stiff, scared, sad, and a responsibility first kind of fella. Helena is bold and smart, and driven by the things that terrify her most in life.
The story opens with Barry, a cop living a bleak life after the death of his daughter. By chance, he assists a woman suffering from a new false memory syndrome that seems to be spreading through the city. As he digs in, he uncovers a way to go back to the day his daughter died and change everything—a chance for life to feel whole again.
Helena is a brilliant woman who wants nothing in the world more than to save her mother from suffering the tragic and humiliating effects of Alzheimer’s. In her search for a solution, she invents a chair that can take you back in your memories and allow you to change your future.
But all that power has a price, and as the world crumbles, it is up to Helena and Barry to put it all right. I loved the journey this book took me on and recommend you pick it up ASAP.
Careful… this one will make you think.