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Slow start but worth it. What is justice? What is purpose? What is love and connection? Excellent end. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Not for me. Charles, a robot, inexplicably murders his owner and sets off to find out why. I thought it might be an interesting comparison with Annie Bot but, after 3 hours of the 12.5 hour audiobook absolutely nothing has happened. It‘s very repetitive too, feeling like a child‘s story.

I get the idea that most humans have disappeared so maybe there are some interesting insights later but I‘m not hanging around to find out.

Sea of Rust meets Wall-E meets A.I. (the film).
By which I mean the dystopian cynicism comes through more strongly than the charm of a hapless robot trying to find its purpose amidst the remains of humanity. Perhaps it's just the proliferation of discussion on this topic or my desire to always find a good robot book, either I'm getting pickier or it's getting harder to find stories on this subject that don't feel like not-too-wild-variances 1/?

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Oh, HELL no!
Hoppity Jack: soon to be starring in my nightmares. 😶‍🌫️

Robot Knight Librarians! I cannot express how much I love this.

Monday vibes.

1st scene reminded me of the Red Dwarf episode when we meet Kryton. Charles is a rich man‘s robot valet.

Best library & robot librarians.

Charles is on a mission to find a new job. We walk with him & his sidekick through a world in crumbles. Humanity is dwindling.

There‘s pop culture & literary Easter eggs. LOVE a fun nerdy robot story with a moral & this didn‘t disappoint! The narration was great! (little too much religion for me)

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Dedication. 🤖♥️🙋🏼‍♂️☺️

#weekendreads

I only brought 1 book with me (I know! 🤦🏼‍♀️ but there were reasons). So I stopped at a local bookstore Friday night to browse. The inside cover said it was Murderbot meets Redshirts. That was good enough for me! 🤖♦️

On the surface Service Model is an extremely entertaining novel that I was hooked on after the first few minutes of listening to the audiobook version. That being said, I did not receive a digital copy until I was practically done with the novel, and I feel that I missed a lot by not reading the novel while I listened to it. Not seeing the names of the sections with my eyes means I did not make the connection that the sections represent authors.

4.5/5

When a top of the line robot valet inexplicably murders his owner, he begins a journey across a post-apocalyptic landscape to fulfill his purpose.

I thought this was such an interesting post-apocalyptic scenario as it's slowly revealed through the eyes of a robot how humanity reached this point. I thought the ending of the novel was particularly satisfying.

This one was a mixed bag for me. The critique of bureaucracy was quite good and the exploration of human psychology works. But it wanted to be much funnier than it was and I got bored at times. Also, the cover makes it look like it takes place in space whereas it‘s all on earth.

Charles, a robot valet in a stately manor, must venture out on a quest to find a new position after his Master's untimely (and highly suspicious) death. His first stop on a journey through a broken world is a bureaucratic purgatory, where he meets someone who challenges his understanding of his own potential. Is there more to life than just clearing your task list? Can a robot designed to serve ever truly transcend his programming?

You can‘t always judge a book by its cover . . . but this dystopian robot science fiction held up to both cover and publisher‘s description. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#service-model

Publication is expected June 4.

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