
What if we were to alter the way in which our brain processes and remembers reality? The result is a high-stakes and surprisingly organic story with characters the reader cares about: an NYPD detective and a scientist who's devoted her life to Alzheimer's research and experimentation. irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondalands upcoming Netflix film. He had a thought: we essentially live in our memories-past and present. Recursion: A Novel By Blake Crouch Cover Image. Similarly to how Christopher Nolan brought us mind-benders like Memento, The Prestige, Inception and Interstellar, Blake Crouch created Recursion. As the characters conquer, fail, and ultimately make peace with their subsequent realities, so do we. When it's all said and done, this is the type of story that leaves you feeling a little bit better about your own circumstances. This is the type of tale where no one is ever safe. There are nuclear apocalypses (yeah, plural), kidnappings, gunfights, and car accidents involved. Recursion is about an impossible situation peppered with a dash of hope and marinated in dread. Prozac prescriptions will sell like hot cakes.


With limitless narrative options, Netflix should have no problem exploring every nook and cranny of Crouch's novel: a novel that is arguably about serenity, love, and finding your place in the world. Crouch's book does this in a way that will surprise you Recursion covers multiple lifetimes of love, laughter, and exhaustion - sometimes retreading familiar territory and other times showing you something completely different. They blindside you and then stay with you long after the first kiss or that last longing look. The best romances are the ones you don't see coming.
