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I tried to like this. The main characters though - why on earth would you spend Qc,000 on an android, then ignore it? What a waste of money and potential adventure/ pleasure! The main characters were pretty unlikeable, which isn‘t usually a problem for me, but they really grated on me. The alternative British history was interesting (Britain lose the Falklands war, and Alan Turing doesn‘t commit suicide), but I nearly gave up reading this,

Time to see wtf my old mate Ian is up to 😬 #readharder2019 an alternate history novel

Enjoying a very civilised lunch in the Hideous Concrete Fortress. The soup is far tastier than its anaemic appearance might suggest. #book #books #bookstagram #ianmcewan #machineslikeme #ministryofjustice #hideousconcretefortress #booklove #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #booklove #bookcommunity #bookphotography #fiction #dauntbooks #guardianbooks #lunchtime #lunctimereading #booksandsoup #soupandbooks

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It pains me to pan this one because McEwan is one of my favourite authors but this is a colossal hodgepodge of balderdash unfortunately. The least of its problems is the engorged robot shenanigans much more irksome to me was the poorly handled “moral dilemma” and the absolutely appalling characterisation.
Obviously, this one rankled me !

I don't usually read books naked (without the dust cover), but the artwork on the Canadian edition of the hardcover is hideous! Looks like a softcore erotica. Unfortunately, the novel itself is not one of McEwan's best. Full of rants and plots that are better handled in his other novels, this book is about an alternate 1980s in which a man buys a Blade Runner-level robot who inserts himself into the lives of the main character and his girlfriend.

#BookMail May‘s IRL bookclub choice 🎉McEwan generally leads to good discussions so I‘m looking forward to his newest novel 🤓

I couldn‘t do it. I‘m suspecting that Ian McEwan and I no longer get along. I absolutely loved a couple of his earlier books but the more recent ones feel cold and pretentious and lack the depth that I expect and want. This has such an interesting premise but gets bogged down by one character‘s secret past and is just boring on top of everything. Moving on.

This is exactly what you expect when Ian McEwan writes about a robot: A British guy buys an A.I. Robot and muses about love and moral dilemmas. Not my favorite by him but still interesting.

I haven‘t forgotten my hunter-gatherer skills! Three days off work and three new books to read. #dauntbooks #books #bookish #booknerd #booklove #bookscommunity #bookworm #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #bookphotography #ianmcewan #anthonyhorowitz #daisyjohnson #everythingunder #donttellcatherine

It‘s always exciting when #newbookday includes a shiny new one from one of your favorite authors! 💕

Ooops I did it again....#ImpulseBuy The tagged book is for bookclub and the other two were #BlameItOnLitsy 🤭

Just finished an ARC of Ian McEwan‘s new book, coming out in April. Set in an alternate 1980s London, Alan Turing is still alive and his work has enabled great leaps in science. The newest arrival in AI is the creation of the first synthetic humans available to the public. A man and his girlfriend buy one and we see how it comes to have control over their lives. Fascinating in the questions it poses and the potential for complications. 3 1/2 stars