A review by wajeemba
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by August Cole, P. W. Singer

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was both a very thoughtful treatise on how humanity and AI will come to higher and higher levels of interplay, as well as a very interesting story. A novel that's fun and can make you step back and think about bigger picture things happening in our world deserves high marks in my opinion!

I will say that this is a very stressful story, so not one that I'd recommend for people looking to relax.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Drug use

There's a particular chapter (a few contiguous scenes) in this book that contains all of the explicit sexual content/sexual violence. You can read skip that section and very much enjoy the rest of the book if that's not your cup of tea. Here's a spoiler you can come back to with the only plot-impactful info from that section:

they find and arrest the guy they were looking for.