Memento by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

Memento (Illuminae Files, #0.5)

by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

A rare never-before-sold prequel novella to The Illuminae Files to celebrate Illuminae's fifth anniversary

December, 2574. Forty-three days before the BeiTech attack on Kerenza IV.

This is the story of my first friendship.

This is the tale of my first murder?

Some monsters are born.

But I?

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I was made.

Reviewed by ammaarah on

4 of 5 stars

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Memento is a short story, told through the usual unique format of The Illuminae Files series, that explains the origins of AIDAN and where it all started going wrong.

I was invested in the characters and this short story further emphasised that while I don't know how to feel about AIDAN's actions most of the time, I can understand its reasoning.

All in all, I enjoyed reading the origin story of an extremely messed up machine. 

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  • 21 February, 2021: Started reading
  • 21 February, 2021: Finished reading
  • 21 February, 2021: Reviewed