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Description edit
After a tall, pale stranger collapses in the middle of a busy coffee shop, a college town is inspired with paranoia that isn't completely unwarranted. The man wakes as an amnesiac but for impressive observation and memory skills, with an eccentricity to match. Inconsistencies build around him... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Sydney West: Main character, suddenly appears, collapses and wakes to find himself in a hospital and doesn't remember anything.
- Jacob Walton: A college student who saw him collapse and got him to the hospital. A new friend.
Quotes edit
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“Stories start in all sorts of places. Where they begin often tells the reader of what to expect as they progress. Castles often lead to dragons, country estates to deeds of deepest love (or of hate), and ambiguously presented settings usually lead to equally as ambiguous characters and plot, leaving a reader with an ambiguous feeling of disappointment. That's one of the worst kinds.”
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“The divisions in the common public are defined in many ways. It's the differences the definers hold most important that may not only tell us something about those they speak of, but the speakers, themselves.”
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“That's why I'm still here. You're pathetic. For all that smart you have in that big head of yours, you can really be stupid sometimes. You need someone human to pull you from traffic”
Jacob Walton -
“So you're just a freak who likes to hang out in hospital rooms.”
Sydney West
First Sentence edit
The divisions in the common public are defined in many ways.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Sydney West. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rebecca McKinsey (Author)
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