Lydia's Reviews > Glass Houses

When the employees of a start-up specializing in an innovative emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm crash on a deserted island, they discover a mysterious AI-driven house and start to suspect something sinister is going on as the remaining employees start to disappear one by one.

This was an excellent sci-fi/techno thriller that very much reminded me of Black Mirror. The concept was very unique and it definitely made me think; all the what-if sinister technology speculation was really fun if you just accept the premise of the book and roll with it. The story was told in two timelines--the current predicament on the island as well as the past that revealed more of Kristin's (the "chief emotional officer" aka HR) character and past. Sumter's character (the CEO of the tech start-up) is clearly an amalgamation of the "tech boy billionaire" but not overly or distractingly recognizable as any real-life person, in my opinion. The action was a little slow to get going, but overall the plot kept me turning the pages and I felt like I read it very quickly.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.