The Memory of My Shadow

Hands down, one of the most devastating opening scenes I've ever read. I loved this book, it's a wonderful mixture of psychological dread and near-future AI dystopia. Complex themes of survivor guilt, both sides of the hope/despair coin, and what to do when your ether-baby runs amok.......more

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Its a well crafted speculative psychological sci fi thriller - and that has to be a good thing! I find I am increasingly "did not finish" with books these days - no such problem with this one. It is difficult to explain what is good and why it is good (and what I tho......more

In "The Memory of My Shadow" Ben Wakeman weaves a deeply engaging story full of philosophical questions and emotional depth. This is a story that wrestles with some of the biggest problems we face in modern society and attempts to speak into them with empathy and reason. A delicate balance that Ben......more

I’m a bit in awe of this book, and of Ben’s talent. He makes it look easy. He’s very good at voices, both on the page and in his audio version. He can do light Chinese or Scottish or faintly British accents. (His French, not so much?) But beyond that, he puts real feeling into it, both written and r......more

Slow to start, the story had me mostly confused for the first several chapters. I also had a hard time distinguishing between characters. It may have been the male narrator reading a female protagonist. I often had to remind myself that the character was a girl. However, once the "shadow" entered th......more