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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.
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.
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
hheartbooks's review
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
Moderate: Cancer, Torture, and Death of parent
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