Livre relié, 376 pages
Langue : English
Publié 4 juin 2024 par Tor Books.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.
I have worked my way through the larger works of AT, and now onto the stand alones. This one was fun, and really, I have to say if the robots gain sentience's I will be on their side against exploitation of their labour. So really spent all 400 pages of this book being like, I hope technology never gains self-awareness, but if they do....
The start of the book was slow reading for me but it picked up quickly. An interesting story of a valet robot that goes on a hero's journey and makes a friend along the way. #Bookstodon
Still giving it three stars as it is Tchaikovsky but this was a slog for me. Sorry, Adrian.
