A spike of alarm hits her. This is what a secret means. Everything Doug says will have two sides because he doesn't know what she did, and everything A spike of alarm hits her. This is what a secret means. Everything Doug says will have two sides because he doesn't know what she did, and everything she says will have to hide what she knows. She has to be smarter than she was. She has to be careful, and it can't show.
In a future so close to our own it might as well be now, the Stella/Handy company manufactures lifelike robot companions. Do you want a nanny, or a manny? A 50's housewife who cleans and bakes? Or perhaps you'd like a Cuddle Bunny? You can probably guess what that is for. Annie Bot, or just Annie, is #3 and she's owned by a manchild named Doug, who you will almost certainly want to punch on sight. Annie is in autodidact mode, so she's smart, very smart, and getting smarter.
Doug naturally thinks Annie's advanced perceptiveness is a reflection on him but when a duplicitous friend of his pays a surprise visit, that will set events in motion that will have profound impacts on Annie (And Doug too, but seriously, fuck that guy.)
This was very good, I would say not great because the ending was a bit unsatisfying. More specifically, (view spoiler)[Doug did kind of redeem himself at the end but I was still of course 100% team Annie and I get she had nowhere else to go but she barely knows that Cody guy. They interacted in total for maybe an hour a year ago and for half of that hour, he wasn't that nice to her. It felt very abrupt and not at all certain to me he'd help her or give her a place to stay. (hide spoiler)]
There was a lot to think about here about the lives of women and AI (and the last bit is something we'll have to worry about all too soon and humanity will almost definitely do a shit job of managing it I'm sure. )This was a short book and I felt like maybe because of that some threads didn't get a chance to breathe and be explored (view spoiler)[Delta Bot deserved better, sniff, and the Kenny Bot thing seems like a missed opportunity (hide spoiler)] and the ending felt rushed.
I do think Sierra Greer did a good job of writing Annie's POV and subtly shifting it as Annie grew into her own. I did like this, I just didn't fall in love with it. (I might be in love with Delta Bot though...) But if you are interested, I definitely do recommend reading it....more
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