I Am Me is a two-way book that contains twenty short stories, divided into ten individual pairs. Each story in a pair has a corresponding "mate" on the other side, which shares the same title, theme, and to an extent the same concept, but is presented in an entirely different way. One half of the book examines reality, while the other half explores the realms of fantasy. The stories examine various aspects of life, from birth to friendship, love, desire, ambition, prejudice, spirituality, death and the afterlife.
Through the two-way structure of the book, I Am Me depicts each tale in two distinct ways, offering a reader a choice between residing in a realistic world, or being lost within the labyrinths of fantasy. The stories are populated by an eclectic group of characters, ranging from a lonely boy who attempts to determine the value of friendship, to two birds named Max and Macs that fight for territory on an apple tree.
I Am Me attempts to challenge the segregation of literature into "fact" and "fiction" as well as life into "reality" and "fantasy." These labels are not mutually exclusive, for there is as much truth to every lie, as there are lies in every truth. It is perception that paints the difference between these concepts.
My Take on the Book
This was a great collection of short stories that brought together an amazing setup. I have never seen a book that was set up the same with 10 short stories written in one direction and then at the end of the book you flip the book and read it again backwards for 10 more short stories. The other different point is that reading forward and backward you will find the same titles, but they are presented differently. One reading will provide you with reality and one with fantasy and it is up to you to figure out which one you are reading. The book itself was very interesting and I found the author's humor and imagination to be infectious and it made me want to read through story after story to see what would come next. This was a unique book that I would highly recommend!
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