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Book Review of Amnesia Vs I

Amnesia Vs I
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Helpful Score: 5


Dennis, Remy and Trish are a odd trio. While bumbling through their day-to-day jobs to make ends meet, they develop scams to cheat the unsuspecting out of their money so they don't have to function as half-naked mannequins (talkative ones, at that) in a museum.

But Dennis isn't acting quite right. I mean, sure, Trish's incessant nagging and annoyingly accurate recall of the dictionary could bring the most resilient down, and add a not-quite-there mother who is more quickly losing whatever marbles she had left, and Dennis, as would anybody, is ready to spend the next few years in bed, hoping to sleep it all away. But when an entrancing specimen of a woman enters his life, his focus is shifted and his future suddenly seems brighter. But all is not what it seems...

"Amnesia Vs I" was an interesting tale, but a bit scattered in its telling. But even though it can make you backtrack to the previous chapter to see where you're at, that chapter-to-chapter shifting gives a deeper, sometimes disturbing look into Dennis's mind as his situation slowly degrades. Though Dennis's depressed murmurings can be a bit exhausting, you can't help to read a bit further to see what happens next, even if only for Remy's next round of random facts and explanations of things very few young men would even care to know.

A fascinating, disturbing tale, but not for everyone.