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Delicious. Novella length with a short story's worth of plot, there is a glorious blend of literary sci-fi and a tingle of horror and detective noir. It's more languid and atmospheric than solidly creepy or spooky, but it had me invested quickly. I think I wanted more resolution, more answers, but I can see how that wasn't the author's intent. 1/?
Robotswithpersonality 2/? I'm stil on the search for non-evil-seeming robots/AI, but if they're going to be a negative depiction, I appreciate when they're possibly sarcastic and ominous in their curiousity, possibly, but not certifiably homicidal. A good aura of mystery remains. I also love the framing of the house as a haunt, the idea of AI built into a house being a new form of haunted house, and how that extrapolates into the threat of a whole haunted city. 1mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 For all that the plot felt a little truncated, I got a good feel for the characters in a relatively short space. Representation in books still being a point of contention, I continue to find it satisfying when a story is written by a female author with majority female characters. Will definitely be looking up Martine's backlist. 1mo
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