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The Minders | John Marrs

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Soubhiville

My Murder | Katie Williams

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Another book I was inspired to read after seeing the author at TX Book Fest.

5 women are cloned after being murdered by a serial killer. This is from the point of view of Louis, who was killed while running in her city‘s park.

An interesting aspect was that Louis had a daughter who was just 3 months old when she was killed, and her clone‘s relationship with her daughter.

The ending was unexpected for me, in a good way.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5mo

AmyG I think I have this. Sounds fascinating. 5mo

bookishbitch Sounds super interesting. Also, your kitty is so beautiful. 5mo

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 5mo

CatLass007 Your kitty is definitely beautiful. The Cat Rapper sings about his Sphynx cats. I have added this book to my ever growing Audible wishlist. (edited) 5mo

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Centique

Toward Eternity | Anton Hur

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Inhaled this book in one day as i found it so interesting. However im not sure its going to stay with me. The form is that of a notebook being passed from one person to the next so you dont stay with any one character for long. In a future world a nanite technology recreates all your human cells so that you can survive a terminal illness. But are you still human? Do you still have a soul and does it wish to remain forever in this ⬇️

Centique immortal body? Lots of interesting questions but i think a longer book would have helped you connect and feel more for the characters. I think Anton Hur is a writer I need to read more from for sure. 7mo

Reggie All the nanite stuff I read goes into the horror/ai becomes too smart and kills us off territory. This sounds good. 7mo

Centique @Reggie yes this goes there too! But it stays pretty cerebral, you dont get up close to any of the carnage. 7mo

Rissreadswithcats This does sound interesting. Stacked 🩷 7mo

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Jgacreations

My Murder | Katie Williams

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It was good. I read it pretty quick. Wish the ending was a little better but I did enjoy it.

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DaniJ

Toward Eternity | Anton Hur

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Whelp, that was a weird little trip.

Although nicely written, this book is a bit of a clusterfuck of sci-fi and questioning humanity and human existence. I listened to the audio book, and though it was engaging, I definitely found myself wondering “What‘s the point of this book”. Maybe I‘m not in a place to appreciate it right now, but it was a 🤷‍♀️ for me.

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

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The Echo Wife meets How to be Eaten and The Final Girl's Support Group.
I am very glad I did not figure out what was going on until the reveal - I'm even more relieved this was not a 'the husband did it' plot.
I really admire the book for presenting the doubt in motherhood, and a character who is not shamed for deciding that motherhood and marriage were not right for her only after having tried it. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The main perspective is that of the woman who chooses to be a wife and mother, who wants to stay, so subjectively the judgement could be there, but the narrative leaves room for an individual to make their own choice.
The commentary is clear on which figure society sees as more sympathetic - the young mother being the role model victim - the original clandestinely slipping away to a new life 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? - though that probably has more to do with the fact that she can't just pop up without creating issues for the cloning company and possibly herself given the murder investigation.
I'll admit for a while there I was more enamoured of the first half than the second, when the first had the literary sci fi bent of examining how a woman fits back into her life as a clone of a previous self, how a VR setting could provide intimacy, 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? could provide catharsis for murder victims - though I guess that last one's more a second half revelation; how the serial killer and the cloning board both seem to view the women as special and yet homogenous, replaceable, the idea of women feeling devalued, unrecognized even as they're unable to escape public attention. 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/? Then there are the non sci fi related questions around dealing with a sense of self, mortality, vulnerability, being a woman not automatically meaning victim, even as trauma, as media, as society keeps trying to attach that label; the struggle for control, obviously the concerns about trying to be a good mother, worries about connecting to one's child, physically and emotionally, even before post partum depression is suggested. 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Because the second half shifted into murder mystery mode I thought I was losing the contemplative pieces but the last revelations, the choices available, the role cloning actually played, that the husband actually played, really worked for me.
Similar to The Echo Wife, all the comps above, really, I enjoyed how this worked out way more than I thought I would. Adding another 'clones' book to my favourites pile!

⚠️mentions of domestic abuse (edited) 12mo

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

EXCELLENT word.

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

That's so...sweet?

Sleepswithbooks 😂 12mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Toward Eternity | Anton Hur

Weird #blameitonbookstagram purchases.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_bgDDrAeZi/?igsh=cWhpNW44czV1M2M2

Pretty sure these wouldn't have been on my radar if they hadn't been recommended to me online.... (except maybe the Anton Hur which has a yummy cover)

MaleficentBookDragon I have Draculas but have not read it yet. 12mo

The_Book_Ninja Nearly finished This Thing Between Us…it‘s good 12mo

RaeLovesToRead @MaleficentBookDragon It sounds like a blast! Something they did for fun 🥰 12mo

RaeLovesToRead @The_Book_Ninja I saw at least two Bookstagrammers mention it and it sounded like a weird social horror. Hope to get to it soon!!! 😊 12mo

The_Book_Ninja @RaeLovesToRead I‘ve finished. Not sure I got the ending 🤔 I‘ll reread the last 20 pages again tomorrow 12mo

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