“Well-defined characters in a zigzagging medical tale rife with surprises.” –Kirkus
Ellie Savage is accustomed to promises. Her dermatologist dad and psychiatrist mom run the Narcosis Clinic, a medical facility famous for ultimate makeovers, where clients’ disturbing issues and deepest wounds are resolved while they are beautified.Ellie is her parents’ most ardent supporter–until her dreams … beautified.
Ellie is her parents’ most ardent supporter–until her dreams become a nightmare. When Ellie becomes a patient and discovers her true self has been shredded by the scalpel, she finds that the only way for her to remember who she is is to forget everything she thinks she knows.more
So “Narcosis Room” is a standalone Young-Adult: Mystery and suspense novel.
My first experience with this particular author and one that for the most part was a positive one.
This was a clean YA read told from multiple POV’s: Mostly Ellie but also some from Dean and Cole too.
I found this such an interesting concept and idea especially considering though fiction this had some loose base in factual reality.
The idea that you can sleep away treatments and trauma while someone basically fixes and reprograms your brain and body almost like an unconscious miracle cure that doesn’t impact harshly on the patients overall well being and state of mind: well It really does sound too good to be true, doesn’t it?
This also poses ethical questions and the dilemma between how far do you go to get that perfect physique and lifestyle.
When all you need to do is go to sleep for a time and awake fluent in French or an expert on literature the self-serving possibilities with this sort of treatment are endless.
Then on the other end of the spectrum to be able to sleep threw invasive painful surgery.
For Ellie’s experience with Narcosis, this was almost a “Total Recall” meets that old Katie Holmes film from the nineties “Disturbing Behaviour” where her parents are also striving for some unreal idea of perfection in their daughter.
I also thought that Ellie’s mums own personal life experiences had definitely impacted her decision making and choices in the negative in regards to dealing with her daughter’s behaviour.
So Ellie in the second half of this seemed to understandably do a complete turnaround in her behaviour and general attitude: though I could one hundred percent see why this was it still didn’t stop me wanting to give her a big kick up the backside and tell her to pull up her big girl pants and just deal already.
So it becomes obvious that Ellie’s parents are keeping big secrets from her and as Ellie and her friends begin to delve deeper this did a 160 on me and changed directions again.
This goes so much deeper than what’s visible on the surface and even though I did find certain aspects of the finale here a trifle farfetched and improbable I still very much enjoyed myself here.
Narcosis Room was such an imaginative endeavour and a really easy read.
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I wasn’t sure what to expect, this is a new to me author, and let me start by telling you two things: There are never any spoilers in my reviews, and I was pleasantly surprised. Plenty of twists and turns in this well-written mystery that was a bid on the dark side. How can going to sleep in a Narcosis Clinic cure your unwanted past? What will the consequences be, because you know as well as I do, everything comes at a price! Great story, wonderful characters keep you flipping the pages until you either just need to put it down to do something else, or need to get to the next chapter. Either way, a worthwhile read, that even though it is considered a YA novel, I enjoyed immensely and think you might too! I will soon be looking for other books to read by this author.
Not everything should be forgotten.
Narcosis Room by Louise Cypress is a well-written novel. It was so tremendous that I devoured it in a day. This book has multiple points of views, unlike the other three books that I have read of hers.
Ellie
The first main character that we meet in this book is Ellie. She is an essential character since it is interloped around her. Ellie is a fascinating character. Her primary goal is to remember what happened to her when she was in middle school. However, each time that Ellie remembers something that happened, she always seems to forget it after going through a round of narcosis. What I like about Ellie is that she wants to know who she is and not forget anything else. That is hard since her parents are so good with narcosis.
Dean
The second main character that I want to talk about, in this book is Dean. He is a singer from Canada and is going to do narcosis that summer with Ellie. For an entirely different reason than Ellie and I feel sorry for him. Dean is a great character that wants to be loved. What I like about Dean is that he wants to be normal and exceed at what he loves. His reason for doing narcosis has to be a hardship for a singer with his star status.
Bad Guy
I won’t reveal too much about who that is but wow did it throw me in for a loop. I thought it was quite a few different people, but really it wasn’t any of them. It was a great shocker to find out who did it primarily for the multiple different reasons going on.
Five Stars
Narcosis Room by Louise Cypress is a brilliant book that was awesome to read. I loved how everything moved so fast and how it all connected. Especially the characters being able to show their development throughout the book. I am giving this book a five-star rating as it was such a staggeringly good book that kept me guessing and laughing throughout its entirety.
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Wow! Loved it from the start and Could not put it down!
Never saw that ending coming!
Ellie’s parents own and run the Narcosis Clinic. They also gave Ellie the three months of sleep therapy, but what problems did it cause her? Too many to count. Then she meets Dean, a famous pop star, at the clinic. He had come in for treatment. But what happens then you cannot imagine. OMG what a fantastic read this book was. Absolutely brilliant. A definite five-star read for me.