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“A poignant look at the fallibility of memory and how we can deceive ourselves into believing the most bald-faced lies to protect our own comfort and security.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“First novelist Yap has built an immersive, compelling, and terrifying world where the only truth people know is what they choose to tell themselves. Verdict: For readers seeking a new spin on the unreliable narrator or fans of stories of self-deception such as Dan Chaon’s Ill Will or E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
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Suspenseful, thought-provoking and uniquely relevant as it explores the pliability of memory, fidelity and factuality
— Family Circle
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Yap is a smart, swift plotter. . . . Remember her name.
— Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times
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To tantalizing degrees, Yap reinvents the unreliable narrator by ingeniously weaving together true, imagined and fabricated back stories.
— Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Tribune
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If you're into salacious plots, clever twists, and a mysterious murder, search no more.
— Marie Claire
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The thriller of the summer
— The Guardian [UK]
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[An] ingenious debut...Yap fully exploits her provocative premise.
— Publishers Weekly [starred review]
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First novelist Yap has built an immersive, compelling, and terrifying world where the only truth people know is what they choose to tell themselves. For readers seeking a new spin on the unreliable narrator or fans of stories of self-deception such as Dan Chaon's Ill Will or E. Lockhart's We Were Liars."—Library Journal (starred review)
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Yap is venturing into new genre territory--dare I call it a neuro-sci-fi thriller? An ambitious and fascinating twist on the throwback detective story, where we can't guess who is the killer and who is the victim...and memory itself is on trial.
— Sandra Block, author of Little Black Lies
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A compelling debut... The piecing together of disparate memories and the surprise ending to this speculative fiction world will thrill mystery fans.
— Booklist
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Makes us think differently, and more deeply, about ourselves from the world we live in... it's a twisty, well-plotted thriller and an exploration of memory itself.
— Omnivoracious
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At once a high-concept thriller with a sci-fi premise and an old-school noir, Felicia Yap's Yesterday is a tasty, satisfyingly grounded blend. A rich, rewarding debut that shows the ways that memory can betray us as painfully--and perhaps as inevitably--as those we love.
— Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Demonologist
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An intriguing, fast-paced thriller that captivated me right from the start.
— Kate Rhodes, author of Crossbones Yard
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Hypnotic and haunting, Yesterday confidently blends suspense, noir, and science fiction to construct a truly original, breathtaking story. Felicia Yap's debut is a work of genius.
— Hilary Davidson, author of Blood Always Tells
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Never has psychological crime fiction been so original, so witty and so inventive. This is an absolute firecracker of a read. I haven't enjoyed a debut this much in ages.
— William Shaw, author of The Birdwatcher
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Felicia Yap takes a unique premise and rockets through this year's most clever storyline. Spectacular twists, characters as distinct as they are compelling, and a resolution absolutely no one will have seen coming make Yesterday propulsive read. Memory loss has never been so fun.
— Michael Cooper, author of Clawback
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A great murder mystery with a unique and unsettling twist. This book delighted and confounded me in equal measure!
— James Oswald, author of Natural Causes
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This was an amazing book, very original and despite challenging the reader's suspension of disbelief it drew me in very quickly. Terrific to find a book that can be classed as a crime thriller yet stand out from the crowd.
— Alex Gray, author of The Bird That Did Not Sing