NARCOSIS Room -- A Brandy's Book Nook Review -- See why Brandy gave it five stars.
A Brandy's Book Nook Review
Total Recall meets Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies.
Sleep for three months and make your problems go away.
Ellie Savage is used to promises. Her dermatologist dad and her psychiatrist mom run the Narcosis Clinic, a medical facility famous for ultimate makeovers, where disturbing issues are resolved while patients are beautified. Clients like pop star Dean Mathews are grateful to narcosis for healing their deepest wounds. Ellie is her parents’ most ardent supporter until her dreams become a nightmare. Ellie discovers that her true self has been shredded to bits by the scalpel and the only way for Ellie to remember is to forget everything she thinks she knows.
"The relationship between Cole and Ellie is absorbing (it's indisputably a mutual affection) while the twins' dynamic--they're supportive but playfully combative--is likewise effective. The plot eventually spins into thriller territory but shrewdly incorporates themes of parenting and self-confidence. Cypress' prose throughout is colorful: a crowd getting into 'a ginormous frenzy' and Ellie walking 'in a fog of convoluted memories and migraine medicine.' Well-defined characters in a zigzagging medical tale rife with surprises." --Kirkus
Brandy's Review
Narcosis Room
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Ellie has memory loss from something that happened to her at boarding school that was so bad her mind won’t let her remember. She hides the fact that she can’t remember years of her life, and because of this some kids at school think that she’s a bad person. Poor Ellie, I could tell something wasn't exactly right, but the extent of what was going on was a big surprise. How far are people willing to go for perfection? In themselves? In their children? A long way, and it's pretty scary sometimes. Ellie pays the price and then some for her parent’s choices.
The multiple POV (Points of view) are done very well, and they show the different motives that can drive someone to try to fix what's wrong with themselves. This is only the second book that I've read with more than two POV that's flowed well, and is not confusing. This being the better of the two. There is a bit of heavy making out at one point and some semi-nudity, but no explicit details.
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Jennifer Bardsley writes the parenting column “I Brake for Moms” for The Everett Daily Herald. You can find Jennifer on her website: http://JenniferBardsley.net or on her Facebook page: The YA Gal. An alumna of Stanford University, Jennifer lives in Edmonds, WA with her husband and two children.Click here to subscribe to The YA Gal’s newsletter.
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