Some people believe that making and thinking about mnemonics takes too much effort. Many people think that after a while, always having to think about a mnemonic to get to a desired piece of information. Critisizers tend to either use mnemonics as a last resort or find alternative memory-strengthening-techniques. Bill Powell said he tried to "drop the mnemonics and the verse numbers, and say the text as stories. More time on the text itself, less time on mnemonic overhead".
Mnemonics May Weaken Your Memory?
Some people think that if a mnemonic is needed to remember so much information, the less likely they are to try to remember information without mnemonics. Some people do not like to be too dependent on relying on connections to have a good memory. Bill Powell also said "What if mnemonics become a self-fulfilling prophecy? I think I can’t remember without them, so I can’t?"