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A review by angel_kiiss
Isaac Asimov's I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert
challenging
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I don’t know who thought this author would be a good choice to carry on Asimov’s story. The characters are little more than flat and the plots come and go quickly throughout different acts.
The overt misogyny is difficult to overlook. The main romantic interest is casually sexist from his opening line and Susan Calvin herself expresses a lot of internalized misogyny that is not addressed. The story is meant to take place on 2035 but is held static by the authors inability to write or develop political ideas past 2010. A lot can change over 25 years but Reichert writes like an old white woman
The psychiatry parts are well done but are overshadowed but the lesser parts of the book. And there’s a massive jump scare for transphobia, xenophobia, and Zionism at the end in an attempt to wrap up the third act plot of suicide bombers.
The overt misogyny is difficult to overlook. The main romantic interest is casually sexist from his opening line and Susan Calvin herself expresses a lot of internalized misogyny that is not addressed. The story is meant to take place on 2035 but is held static by the authors inability to write or develop political ideas past 2010. A lot can change over 25 years but Reichert writes like an old white woman
The psychiatry parts are well done but are overshadowed but the lesser parts of the book. And there’s a massive jump scare for transphobia, xenophobia, and Zionism at the end in an attempt to wrap up the third act plot of suicide bombers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Transphobia, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Child death, Death, Xenophobia, and Murder