literatureaesthetic's Reviews (540)

2.5 ☆ - sorry, but the movie was insanely better.

I'm annoyed. Mainly because I loved 95% of this book. The first bit of this book was amazing. It was both action packed and fast paced. I loved the characters, I was intrigued by the concept, I enjoyed the world. And then came the ending. I really dislike the way this book finished. Throughout this whole book, we watch the lead female develop into a strong, confident and INTELLIGENT women who won't conform to orders given to men. Yet when the ending comes, we watch her make the most UNINTELLIGENT decision ever. I'm annoyed because this book was probably going to be a 5 star read. Another thing I think the author could've done better is the world-building. I think more of the book should've been focused on describing the world and the ways things work. If this was done, I think this book would've been raised to a whole new level.

No. Just no.

I hated the amount of rape in this book, disliked the characters, the politics were boring. It was shockingly bad.

'Consciousness is a horror show. You search for glimpses of beauty to justify your existence.'

wow i kinda hate myself for putting Blake Crouch's books off for so long. i went in with low expectations bc short stories are usually very forgettable/mediocre for me, but this was so good

a video game developer falls in love with a character she's created -- a doomed romance, humans adopting the role of God, what is humanity, AI and consciousness.... loads of very very interesting topics successfully covered in less than 100 pages

robots and AI are my fav thing to read about it in sci-fi, so i'm not too surprised that this worked so well for me. if you're interested in artificial intelligence, gaming, or techno thrillers, you might really like this one!!

(it also gave me maaajor ex machina vibes. i'm obsessed)

graphic novels don't usually work for me, but this series is the exception. so fucking good.

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LOVE LOVE LOVE Rupi Kaur's poetry.

The way she talks about mental health, being an immigrant, being a WOMAN. Ugh obsessed

I finished this book and let me just say, I am SOBBING.