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outspokenlibrarian 's review for:
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
by Janelle Monáe
This review does not take into account the related album or the short film, as I did not watch or listen to these.
Overall, I liked this set of stories, but I wasn't sure how the first Timebox story fit in. It didn't seem as connected to the world of New Dawn and its outskirts as the other stories. I thought the strongest story was the title one, but I was left a little confused at times about how New Dawn and the memory collection and such worked. An infodump is not the way, of course, but in some instances, a little more detail would have been helpful.
I think the themes are definitely on point and I liked the article from wired that was appended to the edition I read, which discussed Afrofuturism and what Monae was trying to do with this collection.
Overall, I liked this set of stories, but I wasn't sure how the first Timebox story fit in. It didn't seem as connected to the world of New Dawn and its outskirts as the other stories. I thought the strongest story was the title one, but I was left a little confused at times about how New Dawn and the memory collection and such worked. An infodump is not the way, of course, but in some instances, a little more detail would have been helpful.
I think the themes are definitely on point and I liked the article from wired that was appended to the edition I read, which discussed Afrofuturism and what Monae was trying to do with this collection.