Many thanks to NetGalley and Henry Holt and Company for gifting me a digital ARC of this debut novel by Melissa Pace. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars!
It's 1954 when a woman wakes on a bus arriving at a psychiatric hospital, remembering nothing of her life. Doctors tell her that her name is Dorothy and she's a paranoid schizophrenic, committed for her violent delusions. She knows they're wrong, but how can she explain the visions of a future she sees?
Wow - this one will blow your mind. It's a combination of historical fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, and definitely a psychological thriller. Just like the main character, you won't know what to believe and who you can trust. Is she suffering delusions? Is she from the future? It's hard to review this one without giving things away, but I thought the themes of treating mental illness in the 1950s to viruses in the future were so chilling. I had a grandmother die in an institution like Hanover in the 1950s, so this one rang true. And that ending - more please!
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