The Chimes

I didn't like this book. I thought the form was confusing, the world building muddled, and the characters not terribly likable. I had trouble following what was going on for over half the book. By the time it explained things, I had given up on it. I finished out of habit; I have a hard time just putting down a book when I'm going to write a review, and more significantly, when I'm doing a challenge. I read this book because I'm reading all the World Fantasy Award winners and this one won for 2016. The premise is intriguing: a near future London where music is used to wipe memory and keep people completely in the present. However, this didn't become clear until that halfway point of the book, even though I had read the blurb that explains this before starting the book. And I don't like being lost for 150 pages.

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