pickIn a post-unification Korea scarred by the memory of war, Jun is a trans veteran with a bionic body and his sister Morgan is an ambitious designer with a leading robotics firm. Both are haunted by the memory of their lost brother, while in a salvage yard near a school, a robot boy named Yoyo befriends a group of children. A haunting, reflective story of identity, grief and what it means to be alive.
so-soThis was a book I picked mostly bc I liked the cover and I was having a weak moment in a bookstore. Robots, AI, and some complicated sibling relationships. I didn‘t find it particularly novel and the first half dragged on for me. Generally not my sort of book.
Set in a future just-unified Korea with human-like robots. Slow going, for me; it feels like it might be translated into English (awkward word/ phrase choices, doesn‘t quite flow) but I can‘t find evidence for or against. The blurb does give away a twist which isn‘t revealed until part 2 (ch 9 of 51). The narrative (3rd person, past tense) jumps between 3 people but I‘m finding it difficult to get into their heads.
pickA family of 3 siblings have drifted in different directions but they are leading oddly similar lives. And it all centers around robots and AI.
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Pub date is 3/11/25
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