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Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
4.0
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“But now we know there has been no one great disaster—only the slow motion disaster of capitalism converting every living thing and ideas into property.” 
Facts, bro.
There was a lot I liked (Medea Cohen) and a lot I disliked (Eliasz). The writing style is really good and the characters are well written shades of grey. Except Eliasz, who I hate. Both relationships in this book were truly ass. But they were interesting! Individually I liked everyone (except Eliasz) but in a relationship they were awful. Eliasz is “in love” with Paladin despite not understanding a single thing  about Paladin... Paladin allows this farce to go on because she wants to be with Eliasz... Jack engages in a fuckbuddy relationship with a “free” slave who just  considers Jack to be his new master...The book ends, unbelievably, exactly how I wanted... with Med and Threezed being BFFs. They are the only healthy relationship in the book <3 
Ok anyways very cool book about freedom and owning things and people and robots and there’s a lot of comparisons you can draw between all the couples and individuals and where they started and where they ended up.