Scarecrow Has a Gun
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
Never trust other people's memories, and watch out for your own
Sean Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He saw the light leave her eyes. He held her dead body in his arms. He knows he wept, but he cannot recollect a single other detail. Tormented by the tragedy, Sean relives the horror over and over again. As he struggles to recall what really happened, his imagination serves up an endless chain of scenarios. The truth, however, remains hidden in the vault of his memory, and the key is nowhere to be found.
Nearly two decades later, Sean, now remarried and a father of two, wins a bizarre contest hosted by his eccentric boss. The prize is the Memory Palace, a
state-of-the-art black box that purportedly allows its possessor to relive every moment he has ever experienced, playing out all the memories on a screen.
While the small machine at first appears to be the answer to the mystery surrounding the death of his wife, it instead upends Sean’s life. He pushes his family further and further away as the Memory Palace forces him to confront harsh realities and difficult questions that he lacks the strength to face or answer. Spiraling downward, Sean encounters increasingly harrowing challenges that force him to realize that his memory is not the only thing at stake. To recover the truth about
his past, Sean must fight for his very life.
Customer Reviews
Stephen King on crack
I don’t even know where to begin with this review. Never have I been speechless. I can see where it would fall into the sci-fi category. But it’s even more psychological thriller. It will make you feel like you’re listening/watching a train wreck yet unable to stop. Leaving you with dread. I felt so paranoid. Sort of reminded me of that show Person Of Interest. It’s so hard to review without spoilers. Think Stephen King psychological thriller, when he writes about real life things that could happen. Yes, the biggest thing we need to fear is our own memories and mind. Did what we remember really happen? If so, was it as we think it was? Sometimes your psyche does things to protect itself from the horror. And sometimes pleasant memories weren’t really as pleasant as we thought. This book is so many genres in one. At the core, is the big mystery of who killed Sean’s wife. After all, he was knocked out.
I didn’t like his second wife Haley at the beginning. Then I got to know her and see why some things made her like she was. Sean was a train wreck himself. Always wondering and would do anything for answers. Well, his boss seems to have something that would solve all his problems. The black box. Just plug the wires into your temples and you can see your past. But be careful, you can’t control what you see or pick and choose. And sometimes, not everything is as it appears. Some things are nothing like you THINK you remember. Wanna go back in time and relive it? Just plug in. Sean becomes obsessive. Some times we just don’t know how good we’ve got it. All and all, my take away from this? Live in the present. I’ve heard this and been told this so many times, especially if I’ve been depressed sometimes. I never really knew how to do this or if it was possible. But now I do. And now, more than ever, I see why it’s so important and count my blessings.
The narrator was pretty good. At first I wasn’t crazy about him but as I listened, he became a really good narrator for this type of book. I LOVED the ending. Wish this could be made into a movie. I’m not sure why so many of us rated it three stars except the fact it’s someone we love to hate. Creepy really.
Thank you to NetGalley, publisher and author for this opportunity