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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. 😶‍🌫️

I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't this. This was a discussion of cognitive theory and sentience as it relates to the human condition disguised as a first contact novel with vampires?!

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! 🤖♦️