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book_concierge's review against another edition
2.0
2.5**
Turing Hopper is an AIP – Artificial Intelligence Personality. She and her human friends operate Allen Grace, a firm that mixes private investigation and computer consulting. A young man who has a home office providing web-hosting services is seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident, and his grandmother hires the Allen Grace crew to make sure his business is operating while he recovers. But, they quickly uncover some rather unsavory, unethical and downright illegal activity.
This is book four in the series, but I didn’t feel I was missing anything. There’s obviously a recurring “villain” (think Professor Moriarity) who remains unseen – at least in this segment. I thought this was a pretty interesting and fresh premise. I believed in Turing as a “personality” all her own, rather than just a series of codes. However, the plot is pretty awkward and I guessed the perpetrators much more quickly than either the humans (including police and FBI) or the AIP. The final solution is totally unrealistic, and I’m left dissatisfied.
Turing Hopper is an AIP – Artificial Intelligence Personality. She and her human friends operate Allen Grace, a firm that mixes private investigation and computer consulting. A young man who has a home office providing web-hosting services is seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident, and his grandmother hires the Allen Grace crew to make sure his business is operating while he recovers. But, they quickly uncover some rather unsavory, unethical and downright illegal activity.
This is book four in the series, but I didn’t feel I was missing anything. There’s obviously a recurring “villain” (think Professor Moriarity) who remains unseen – at least in this segment. I thought this was a pretty interesting and fresh premise. I believed in Turing as a “personality” all her own, rather than just a series of codes. However, the plot is pretty awkward and I guessed the perpetrators much more quickly than either the humans (including police and FBI) or the AIP. The final solution is totally unrealistic, and I’m left dissatisfied.
kaygray78's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but feel like I am missing a lot of the details from the first books. I haven't found it necessary to read the Meg Langslow series in order, but this one, I think I need to go to book one next.
blacksentai's review against another edition
3.0
I think this one is better than the previous book, but I feel like it is missing a bit of the magic of the first one. I think its a philosophical difference I have with the author about . . . what sentience means? Or. More like, in what ways would a new life form actually emulate humans and to what degree.
bookishchloe's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
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