The Meme Plague (Memento Nora series Book 3)

Micah and his friends then try to hack into or eliminate their chips as well as retain their memories while at the same time trying to defeat the mayor and his cronies. It was well written but I was left wanting more, the book would be better if the author focused more on the corporation and less on the specific characters or at least added a bit more information on the corporation involved. I found that part of the book more interesting than the characters themselves.

Like another reviewer stated, the concept is interesting, started off great, but lost it's way a bit going back and forth. Also, hoped for a better ending- interesting plotline, not so interesting overall story and ending. Too many overlapping stories, not enough concentration on the main idea.

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Reminded me a lot of the movie Memento, as if the author took a lot of parts of the movie and thrown in some modern day technology, a touch of Matrix and a dystopian future. I notice some of it has a basis in reality rather than science fiction. Overall, pretty good, but could of been better. I probably would have gotten more out of the series had I read the first two books but I did feel like Smibert does a fairly decent job of bringing this new reader up to speed.

Dystopian stories are thing right now and likely because there are elements of relatable timeliness to this genre, it is growing even more popular. In this series, the chip is the controller. Not an uncommon device in sci fi stories to use a chip to control memories and feelings in order to then control the population. After all, happy people are contented people who keep the status quo. So it is with this world, but in previous books, the stage was set for the chips to be circumvented and that's where this story picks up.

In "Meme Plague", the 'powers that be' use brain hacking tactics which makes trusting one's own brain difficult. What if what you are thinking isn't really your thoughts or ideas?

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It is a super quick read and it is a premise that I can get into and straightforwardly presented. I like the characters and the way the narrative flowed.

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Get to Know Us. Amazon Web Services Goodreads Shopbop. Smibert has done a fabulous job of creating a society that is just one step removed from our own. It has become quite clear that the government is cooperating with the TFC corporation to gain power. They are attacking other countries as well, and creating power shortages to encourage people to vote for the new Patriot party. It makes you wonder how many of these kind I was so excited to find this on the shelf at the library. It makes you wonder how many of these kinds of things are going on in our world, as well.

As in our world, a fight for a limited amount of power, such as gas and coal, drives much of the story. The main plot is that Aiden and the others form an underground Internet called the Meme Net. This way they can communicate with each other without fear of government interference. They use it to publish music, comic books, and radio programs.

The resistance movement continues to build throughout the book, and many people from their school, neighborhoods, and even the police join them. The perfect circle tattoo becomes the way they identify themselves. In addition, we learn much more about our characters and their families. Like the first two books, this book will be enjoyed by teen readers who enjoy books that are just one step away from our reality, especially those who enjoy technology.

Cory Doctorow's Little Brother is the most similar book to this one. In general, I think this series is one of the most underrated series out there. They are really interesting on a lot of levels, and I'm not sure why they don't get more press. Spoiler alerts start here. Winter is doing pretty well in this book, and her relationship with Lina continues to blossom. They spend a lot of time working on electricity enabled textiles and building nodes for the new Meme Net.

Her butterflies have mostly quieted down, allowing her to work on her projects and relationships successfully. Aiden is disappointed to learn that Velvet doesn't remember that they were dating, but decides to move on. He spends a lot of time working hard to make the computer hacking part happen. He also successfully makes a new ID Chip, that can replace the government issued ones, but is read as a legal one by the scanners. He does a radio show as Neo.

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There are a lot of Matrix references in this book. Nora starts the book living with her dad in a very rich gated community. She enjoys some parts of this life. Eventually though her dad abuses her like he had her mom.

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So she ends up back living with her mom. Velvet is excited to greet her dad when he comes home from the war. She learns that he and Micah's dad had fought together previously. She does a lot of the organizing work for the final concert. She also writes lots of poems and songs. Micah has the hardest time in this book. At one point, he thinks his dad is a terrorist, at another point he thinks he's dead.

At the end he's really not sure what happened. The subject of youth rebellion has appeared as the plot in many YA books over the past few years. But this one series has most certainly gone beyond the same-old, same-old when it comes to the subject. For those who are unaware, Books I and II introduced readers to an array of characters that were beyond intelligent. They have each gone through something tragic, with a loss in their backgrounds that range from a pare The subject of youth rebellion has appeared as the plot in many YA books over the past few years. They have each gone through something tragic, with a loss in their backgrounds that range from a parent to a home to their own memories.

The combination of government and police are using fear to make people conform. This group of friends, however, were smart enough to find a way around the chip.

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As we open on the grand finale of this series, a radio is playing letting all listeners know that summer is over, school is starting, and the evil Mayor is running for election. Micah Wallenberg has just finished his community service and is headed home when he sees a very strange sight. A cardboard coffin procession is walking down the street toward the Big D. On one of the coffins is carved Jonas W. Add in Winter, Nora, Aiden, Spike - all of these friends who are standing together to stop the tyranny, and you have a story that is out of this world cool.

The one thing that will constantly be running through your head, however, is how easily a government could do something like this if they really wanted to. After all, we are in the digital age… Exhilarating and intense. The author weaves feel-good fiction with suspense to give readers a triumphant victory.

We experience some character development, but not much action, and not much has changed for our characters. Also, now chips have been implanted in the citizens so that the TFC can feed them memories, or make them forget things without any pills. Our characters are rebels. They are also involved in making routers and planting them all over the city, so that they can have a secret internet.

There are a few other story lines. All of this makes an interesting story, but not very exciting or tense. Nothing seemed to move forward and there is little action. And we are left with not much of an ending. It's a surprise, and I guess it is hopeful, but I needed a bit more resolution. This is supposed to be the final book, but I'm left feeling like, "So, now what?

The Meme Plague delivers some exciting new character development as well as resumes the quest to retrieve lost memories from the TFC Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic. Let me start by saying that compared to Memento Nora and The Forgetting Curve, The Meme Plague does not feel as much the action packed adventure you might be accustomed to based on the other two books, which surprised me as this is the finale in the series. That being said, there are key storylines that really come to the forefront and are highlighted that weave a web that altogether creates an amazingly interesting story that builds to a dynamic end.

Nora's parents are in a battle for custody, Aiden is attempting to create new chips that are immune to government programming but still pass the authenticity tests and our group of rebels are hiding routers all around the city to launch their non-corrupted internet.