I've got this as an ebook, but it also had the option to get the audiobook as well, with no charge, therefore I chose to try again. And this was my first audiobook which I've managed to listen to head to toe. Maybe because I listened to it while walking my dog, that's the only approach that worked for me so far. But I can't say it was a blast; I still prefer reading, it seems closer to me than hearing someone telling someone else's story. Anyway, this Faraway series is based on retelling various...

The Cleaners is a fantasy or alternate reality short story by Ken Liu published as part of the Amazon Faraway Fairy Tales for the Here and Now Series (available on Kindle Unlimited). I don’t know if I can so justice when describing this story. It is an interesting read, more like faraway from here and now, and less of a fairytale. I read this because it was written by Ken Liu. I have now read a number of his stories and have grown to love the creative ideas and the way he develops those ideas in...

The concept of this story is very interesting and I want to read a full novel in the same world.

For some reason, this one didn't really grab me. The idea is great but there was something about the strucutre.

Good one!

Wow! But it’s, Ken Liu! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

It was a fresh take but I couldn't make any sense out of it. A Quick read, so *shrugs*.

I enjoyed this 4th tale in the Faraway Series of fairy tales. It was about how memories coat every object like dust and when you touch them you can read every bit of their past. Their memories can be cleansed if someone hires a special 'cleaner' to take away their past so they are memory free like new again. It was too short and would have been fun to read as a longer tale. However, it was a relatable, fun read.

Strange and magical!!This was an adaption of The Princess and The Pea, though quite different. So-much-so, that I couldn't find similarities when reading and absolutely forgot that I was reading a retelling.This is a cute short story of memories and forgetting painful ones. In forgetting those painful memories, we can lose sight of the teachings from that pain. Every memory is a lesson, be it good or bad.It was a little weird, but I liked it.

The fourth book in the Faraway Collection of Amazon Originals, Ken Liu, new author to this reader has a nice short and interesting story. Cleaning memories...who would have thought. Very surprising listen and narration was done very well. Narration by Kate Rudd was done well.

What an interesting story. We get a man that has the ability to "clean" away memories from objects so that when people touch them, they are not "burned" by those memories. I liked the idea of it and I also liked the realization that a lot of people do not recall things and sometimes it is better to remember the pain instead of pretending it didn't happen.

This was a really cool concept and i enjoyed reading this short story.I'm interested to see if i'll enjoy the other stories in this series

That was beautiful and not at all what I was expecting! This story is set in some side unoverse where people leave emotional impressions on objects and consequently have them cleaned to save themselves emotional heartache. That may not sound beautiful or touching, but it really is.The problem is that we learn from our mistakes and pain. Erase them and we learn nothing.“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore“What matters in life i...

The Cleaners (Faraway Collection) by Ken Liu (Goodreads Author), Kate Rudd (Narrator)It's a world where our memories cover every single thing and have the ability to be remembered by anyone who touches the object we were touching when the memory was made. Just imagine such a world where you "share" that part of yourself that should be your own but instead can be picked up by others. Clara is the most normal of the three characters and she works at a big factory, cleaning memories off of used cel...

Faraway Series The Prince and the Troll - Faraway, Book 1 - Rainbow Rowell - 3 Stars - Adam, Unnamed Troll? - An unlikely friendship between a man and a creature who helped him save his phone from under a bridge. It's a strange modern fairy tale world and I’m not sure I understood all that was going on but I enjoyed it. Hazel and Gray - Faraway, Book 2 - Nic Stone - 3.5 Stars - Hazel, Gray - The most messed up version of Hansel and Gretel I’ve ever read…. Well, the

This was probably the best book in this particular series so far, but the only issue I had was, at times, I hadn't a clue as to what was going on, so I had to flip back to previous pages to find out.I thought the writing style was accessible, and easy to follow, and the general idea behind a male that can clean away memories was intriguing. This story didn't blow my mind or anything, but was a large improvement on the other stories in the Faraway collection.

To be very honest, I was confused the ENTIRE time. Maybe because it’s early in the morning & I’m still groggy from sleep but I had no idea what this story was about. However, I can connect it to what’s being said in other reviews. I agree it was interesting & definitely a different take on things to teach you a valuable message about the good & bad moments in life. I still recommend reading this, maybe after you’ve had your morning coffee!

This was a unique, short read. It's based in an alternate reality, although maybe it's not so different from our own, in which memories are a tangible substance that is left behind and can be cleaned away. I was bored and a bit confused by the stuff between the sisters, but the cleaner was rather intriguing. A decent read that'll help you kill twenty minutes.

This confirms that I really need to read from Ken Liu! The Cleaners is a speculative short story LOOSELY inspired by The Princess and the Pea. Set in a world where touching objects leaves a residue of memories, this explores the concept of remembering, painful memories, healing, forgetting, and what it would mean to be unable to remember. Woven into the narrative is also a critique of modern industrial capitalism where we try to remove humanity and personhood from the creation of factory-made ob...

Thought provoking story. In fact, I might have to reread it soon. I feel like it is the kind of story that keeps giving.