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Vow of Silence by Robert Laughlin

noon1200's review

I found this to be an interesting read. It is the author's first published novel. The book tells the story of a teenage boy with a photographic memory joining the ranks of an institution of people with similiar mental abilities who serve as society's means of recording information. There's some awkwardness in the narration, but I can't tell if it's from the author, or if the author is getting into character as a person whose talents and vocation set him far apart from the rest of society (the novel is written in the first person). If it is all the latter, then bravo. I also liked the frequent chapter breaks, often after just a page or two. Hooray for new writers who are not being paid by the word and have to get their point across as directly as possible.