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A review by baronessekat
MEM by Bethany C. Morrow
4.0
4.5 stars
It's the height of the Roaring 20's and Elsie is a strong independent female living in Montreal, Canada. But unlike anyone else she interacts with, she doesn't age - perpetually stuck at 19 years old.
By law, she is not a person. She's a Mem, an artifical construct designed to house a specific memory of a person and her designation is Delores Extract #1.
At the turn of the century a scientist figured out how to extract memories from a person's mind and put them into a body that looks just like the person at the age they were at the memory. Many have jumped at the chance to rid themselves of bad memories and then let their Mem be housed in The Vault until they expire.
But Elsie is different from any other Mem. She is able to have independent thought and create her own memories. She is a curiosity.
But soon controversy rises regarding the Mem industry and Elsie is recalled to the Vault to await her fate.
****
This was a short book (184 pgs/5 hours) but it is PACKED with deep ideas - what makes us human? Are clones really part of your family? How do our memories make us us? And so much more.
The story was good, despite the thinky-think nature of it. Would recommend.
It's the height of the Roaring 20's and Elsie is a strong independent female living in Montreal, Canada. But unlike anyone else she interacts with, she doesn't age - perpetually stuck at 19 years old.
By law, she is not a person. She's a Mem, an artifical construct designed to house a specific memory of a person and her designation is Delores Extract #1.
At the turn of the century a scientist figured out how to extract memories from a person's mind and put them into a body that looks just like the person at the age they were at the memory. Many have jumped at the chance to rid themselves of bad memories and then let their Mem be housed in The Vault until they expire.
But Elsie is different from any other Mem. She is able to have independent thought and create her own memories. She is a curiosity.
But soon controversy rises regarding the Mem industry and Elsie is recalled to the Vault to await her fate.
****
This was a short book (184 pgs/5 hours) but it is PACKED with deep ideas - what makes us human? Are clones really part of your family? How do our memories make us us? And so much more.
The story was good, despite the thinky-think nature of it. Would recommend.