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A review by leitnerkev
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
For awhile, I really, really hated the male lead, Doug. So much so that I avoided returning to the audiobook, despite being fully invested in the story, and Annie's journey. And, I had to ask myself why. He's clearly terrible (certainly for most of the book) but not villainous, at least not in terms of the genres I typically read - fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian. Did I fear too much being like him? Perhaps I'm unsettled on the question of robot-humanity, what level of rights or dignity are they entitled to? In my defense, we haven't as a society worked through that soooo....
And I thought given my visceral reaction to the antagonist, that this book was really good. But then, he changes. No spoilers, I promise. And then the ending, it also lacked the courage of the rest of the story in reckoning with difficult issues, and sought a middle road. One which was satisfactory to most?
There was a point at which, specifically the Lake Champlain passage, that this tale was soaring toward a 5/5 for me, and then it became a melodrama with a punches-pulled ending.
And I thought given my visceral reaction to the antagonist, that this book was really good. But then, he changes. No spoilers, I promise. And then the ending, it also lacked the courage of the rest of the story in reckoning with difficult issues, and sought a middle road. One which was satisfactory to most?
There was a point at which, specifically the Lake Champlain passage, that this tale was soaring toward a 5/5 for me, and then it became a melodrama with a punches-pulled ending.