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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

3 reviews

amina_writes_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I wish the author had studied up on AI and how the field of general intelligence is progressing to better inform her on slight behaviors that make little Sense. Feminist cues way too on the nose. Some other philosophical and societal commentary that was also too obviously made. Some really interesting insights nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

vaekay's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Body shaming

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was a short one but it felt like it held a lot of weight. Not that it was terribly emotional in nature, but it felt emotional for me. Everything about the dynamic between Annie and her owner / "boyfriend" Doug made me feel really ill and I suppose that was the point. I also think you were supposed to empathize with him at points, but I really didn't. The feelings I felt just made my chest ache and I think that's the mark of excellent storytelling.

I also just really enjoyed that this was accessible sci-fi. the world is not overly complicated, and in fact very similar to our current world, but with human like robots you can buy if you're ridiculously rich. it wasn't hard to buy or to follow and I appreciated that a lot because a lot of what makes me not a sci-fi person is that I feel it can feel inaccessible to me as a genre.

The only thing missing for me is that it felt like there was a lot of time skips in the book and telling me what went on during the time period instead of showing me and I generally don't love when authors tell me things instead of showing me them. All in all though, great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Body shaming, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Death of parent