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A review by coboshimself_
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
4.0
"That's got you wondering, I expect... Think of it as a bonus with your purchase. I've given you the gift of uncertainty."
A novella on the shorter side of the spectrum centered around our memories. Who would we become if we could accurately remember every action we've ever done? Every conversation we've ever had? Every sensation we've ever felt? And what if they took that ability away from us? What would the world around us feel like?
That is the question that Katya faces. She lives in a futuristic world where the advances in A.I. technology have made it possible to fully remember everything. So when her connection to this world wide net is severed by a mysterious man, she's without the resources she had taken for granted her whole life.
This is a story about remembrance and the fundamentals of recollection. Without her A.I., Katya isn't able to fully remember everything that happened to her. This, leaves us with an uncertainty akin to that we face whenever we try to remember something. Her memories are no different that those we experience but seeing her refer to them as vague or incomplete is a nice contrast to understand the differences between her world an ours.
Overall, I enjoyed the read but I am heartbroken because it is not expanded even more. Kowal's prose could be called simple; and yet, I can't find other word to describe it than elegant.
A novella on the shorter side of the spectrum centered around our memories. Who would we become if we could accurately remember every action we've ever done? Every conversation we've ever had? Every sensation we've ever felt? And what if they took that ability away from us? What would the world around us feel like?
That is the question that Katya faces. She lives in a futuristic world where the advances in A.I. technology have made it possible to fully remember everything. So when her connection to this world wide net is severed by a mysterious man, she's without the resources she had taken for granted her whole life.
This is a story about remembrance and the fundamentals of recollection. Without her A.I., Katya isn't able to fully remember everything that happened to her. This, leaves us with an uncertainty akin to that we face whenever we try to remember something. Her memories are no different that those we experience but seeing her refer to them as vague or incomplete is a nice contrast to understand the differences between her world an ours.
Overall, I enjoyed the read but I am heartbroken because it is not expanded even more. Kowal's prose could be called simple; and yet, I can't find other word to describe it than elegant.