2 stars. The first half was better than the second half. I would rate the first half 3 stars and the second half 2 stars. The story started to get a bit ridiculous and I also didn’t like the “before” chapters of this book. I felt like the end of this book came out of nowhere and didn’t make any sense. This had potential.

If you’re picking this book up as a comparison to the movie, don’t. They’re completely different. This book is a collection of short stories about robots not containing the story from the movie (from what I can remember. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie)

If you go into this book without the expectation of a story similar to the movie, then you’ll be better off. This was enjoyable and interesting but very different from what I was expecting. I’m normally not a huge fan of short stories, but I didn’t mind this. 

I should’ve DNF’d this. It was so difficult for me to get into this and even when I did, I was only half committed. The story didn’t feel original to me and it was very predictable. I was able to guess the outcome at about 40-50%.

Overall, I really liked this. There was room for some improvement but it scratched my itch for a story reminiscent of Hill House.

Generally I'm not a huge fan of cheating in books but this one didn't bother me as much since it was handled well. I loved the character development in this story and I thought that there were some good lessons here as well.

This is so far out of my normal scope of books that I read, but I actually really enjoyed this one.

I appreciated the content warnings listed at the beginning of the book. Truthfully, I didn't need them, but it's so nice to see authors incorporating these into their novels.

TW: "This novel includes depictions of death, depression, suicide, and pregnancy. If you or someone you know is experiencing mental-health distress or crisis, please reach out for help. Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org."

I didn’t care for this one as much as Hidden Pictures. I found the characters pretty unlikeable and I wasn’t as compelled by the story of this book compared to his last book that I read. 

It definitely wasn’t bad though. It was still a compelling and enjoyable read, but felt lacking for me.

Honestly I feel like I read a different book than everyone else here. This got rated so highly and I just didn’t care for it at all. The alpha male qualities of this book had me cringing and rolling my eyes. The names Wrath, Phury, and Rhage just felt so juvenile. The insanely unrealistic sex scenes drove me insane. Everyone was constantly having an orgasm and over the smallest things! This story felt to me like a teenage boy wrote it. I was truly surprised to realize it was a woman author.

Oh, and can’t forget to mention the casual transphobia in this book! It came out of nowhere and was so incredibly unnecessary. That’s where this story started going downhill for me. Once an author uses their story to unnecessarily start hating on a group of people, I lose interest and respect.