A review by musicsaves
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

4.0

FIRST LINE REVIEW: “It was religious yearning granted hope, it was the holy grail of science.” As in every one of the Ian McEwan novels I’ve read over the years, this one traveled unique territory while still living in a “world” that felt very familiar. This time we’re in an alternate-reality 1980s that is far more advanced than the ‘80s we all know (or knew). Kennedy narrowed missed being assassinated, the Beatles reunited and are no longer popular, cell phones are common and...the hub of this novel...artificial intelligence has been put into humanoid robots that can fall in love...among other things.

It all makes for a quick, but rather profound and probing read, pushing the envelope on ethical/moral challenges and how we might have acted had we lived in that world.