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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

106 reviews

lonakadabra's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Annie is an AI Bot who lives with her owner - even though she's sentient she wants to be better for him, function better, do things better, she's mostly frustrated at herself. Until she isn't.

This was a frustrating read and I almost thought finishing it would leave me very angry until it didn't, which was super satisfying. So yeah, it's worth it.
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cristine's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’m really torn with this one and keep fluctuating between a 3 and a 4. If you read this and accept it at surface value it’s not good and the amount of unnecessary sex scenes makes you roll your eyes. But if you read this and understand the depth and layers id the different themes explored (which I hope is what Greer was striving for) then it’s pretty darn good (still with a lot of unnecessary scenes and several inconsistencies. Thinking about the themes: women being demoralized to being used for cooking, raising children and sex but as robots that rich men could buy, emotional abuse, control, falling victim to the abuse mindset and having no control or understanding “who I am”, searching for freedom, finding identity, feeling isolated, being afraid to your true self, to name a few. Overall, I think this was delivered in a direct way that any critical thinker could understand the depth to this novel and ignore some of the holes. The ending was a bit anticlimactic and I really would’ve loved to know what happened next but I guess that’s for the reader’s imagination. 
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belava's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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carla20's review against another edition

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dark reflective 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

4.0

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m3lwar3's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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deadwhiterabbit's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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alite428's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced

3.75

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kugelvilli's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

*what was I made for by Billie Eilish, starts playing in the background*

This was another buddy read, and let me tell you, I'm usually the one who takes longer to finish a book, but this one I couldn't put down. 

First of all, Doug is the stereotypical nice guy who always plays the victim, when in fact he's a gaslighting piece of shit and this is his official hate club.

But enough about this duchebag, I adored Annie and I was so proud of her journey and  I could definitely relate to a lot of the feelings she was experiencing.

I was fascinated by how the book made me think about society and in particular the universal theme of power and control, including how gender roles and intimacies are exploited to gain control over an intimate. 
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emisbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

beautifully written allegory about the treatment of women in relationships and society 
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linnybear's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

She is not human. She is Annie, a Stella, her own star. No more and no less

Reading this book wasn't a pleasant experience by any means but I'm glad I've decided to finish it despite such heavy themes. I definitely expected more of a sci-fi story, instead got a heartbreaking tale about autonomy, abuse and control in very human relationships. It was a rollercoaster of emotions, a lot of anger and genuine sadness for Annie's situation but I found the ending almost cathartic and satisfying enough to make up for it.
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