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jessica_mcdermitt's review against another edition
3.0
I blazed through this in about an hour and a half and I have to say I was a little underwhelmed. And confused. I was confused about who had actually written the story and it took a bit to figure out that it's actually the fourth book in a series. It would have helped if I had read the previous books, but with just reading this one, here's what I thought.
The character motivations were unclear and not compelling. They were just kind of casually dropped, as though I should have already known them, which I probably should have, reading through the first books. But I didn't read the first books, and now I'm supposed to believe that getting medical attention is priority one when you've just casually mentioned it a few times and then spent your time making robots think and go crazy?
I wasn't particularly impressed by the execution of this book, though it has a cool premise. It would probably be better if I had read the first books but I don't know if I really will. I'm sure there's deep symbolic meaning behind the use of Shakespeare and Hamlet but it just didn't grab me. It was weird. And random. Not much insight into thought processes or deepest desires.
The philosophical exploration was interesting, though. This book explores what makes us human, where we came from, how different, really, our creations are from us. That aspect of it is fascinating, though the wrong conclusions are drawn. Otherwise, this was a pretty bland book. Ok, but not great.
The character motivations were unclear and not compelling. They were just kind of casually dropped, as though I should have already known them, which I probably should have, reading through the first books. But I didn't read the first books, and now I'm supposed to believe that getting medical attention is priority one when you've just casually mentioned it a few times and then spent your time making robots think and go crazy?
I wasn't particularly impressed by the execution of this book, though it has a cool premise. It would probably be better if I had read the first books but I don't know if I really will. I'm sure there's deep symbolic meaning behind the use of Shakespeare and Hamlet but it just didn't grab me. It was weird. And random. Not much insight into thought processes or deepest desires.
The philosophical exploration was interesting, though. This book explores what makes us human, where we came from, how different, really, our creations are from us. That aspect of it is fascinating, though the wrong conclusions are drawn. Otherwise, this was a pretty bland book. Ok, but not great.
waden34's review
4.0
This book started off a bit slow, but I liked the way it ended. There is finally some development of the overall story.
ajlewis2's review
2.0
This series is dragging on. The problem is that I was hooked from the first book into wanting to find out how the main character developed amnesia and what his story is. So, I read on and on. It's ok and the books are short and clever, but maybe they would have been more interesting when I was a youngster. I'll read the next book. I have to know the ending.
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