Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

4 reviews

desdoesbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is the best book I have read in a long time. I meant to start it and read a few chapters before bed - I couldn't put it down and was up until the early hours of the morning first reading it then thinking about it. I have never known such realistic feeling characters in sci-fi. They are such a reflection of the experiences I (and so many people) have had that they are immediately relatable/identifiable. Heartbreaking, exhilarating, hopeful - I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse and Trafficking

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

redur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming and Sexual assault

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

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

Moderate: Cancer and Death

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

hheartbooks's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, and Death of parent