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A review by future_dreamer
The Cleaners by Ken Liu
4.0
The Cleaners is a short story by Ken Liu & is one of 5 of Amazon Original Stories Faraway Collection. An alternate reality where people have their posessions "cleaned" because they are "dirty" with the memories of their owners.
I liked this short story because it reminds me of how some people believe that some objects like jewelry carry the essence of the people who wore them. This story also reminds me of the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in the movie the protagonist wants all her memories of her Ex to be erased. The idea that objects hold painful memories that need to be "cleaned" so we don't have to relive them anymore isn't always the answer to being happier.
I liked this short story because it reminds me of how some people believe that some objects like jewelry carry the essence of the people who wore them. This story also reminds me of the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in the movie the protagonist wants all her memories of her Ex to be erased. The idea that objects hold painful memories that need to be "cleaned" so we don't have to relive them anymore isn't always the answer to being happier.