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A review by talesoftheraven
MEM by Bethany C. Morrow
4.0
If memory could be excised...
The last lines of this short novel really blew me away in their tenderness. The idea that our memories could just be delicately snipped out of our brains,becoming a whole new person who can only exist reliving that memory is, in some aspects a curiosity and in others horrifying.
Memories exist as a source of growth and learning - our experiences shape who we are. I feel bad for the Source Delores. Her father never really gave her a choice, instead excising all the bits that bothered him about her. There is so much depth in these pages, in the interactions Delores’s first extract has while seeking to understand her existence in a world that does not even believe she is a real person.
Read, and please enjoy.
The last lines of this short novel really blew me away in their tenderness. The idea that our memories could just be delicately snipped out of our brains,becoming a whole new person who can only exist reliving that memory is, in some aspects a curiosity and in others horrifying.
Memories exist as a source of growth and learning - our experiences shape who we are. I feel bad for the Source Delores. Her father never really gave her a choice, instead excising all the bits that bothered him about her. There is so much depth in these pages, in the interactions Delores’s first extract has while seeking to understand her existence in a world that does not even believe she is a real person.
Read, and please enjoy.