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Damn. Heartbreaking and eerie and such a page turner. Really unique sci-fi style. Perf for Halloween and a wet fall in Seattle.

Charles is a very high end robot, made to be “the gentleman‘s gentle robot”, kind of a robot butler. He finds that he has murdered his master, but doesn‘t know why. He sends himself to Diagnostics to try to figure out why, and along the way finds that human society has collapsed and robots are somewhat aimlessly roaming what‘s left.

This is kind of a dystopian quest book, rather philosophical, and I really liked it. ⬇️

I'm a little sad. It was odd and yet nice to see some familiar faces and names and while I enjoyed the book overall don't get me wrong, it starts on his birthday no less, to read about him getting reaped and then the ride to the Capitol and you know the general story because it's just like Katniss' in the sense that it's the same formula.

But I'm saddened because a lot more could have been explored and in a different way.

How's everyone's 2025 bracket coming along? Ever have multiple books in the same series end up competing against each other?

After Seth dies, he wakes up in an unknown apocalyptic world trying to find out if it‘s all a story played out in his mind or real life.

117/362

I listened to the audiobook of this one via BorrowBox, I found it interesting (I think) I‘m not a big fan of retellings but I found this one enjoyable enough.

3.75/5

October Reading
5 NF
8 countries (US, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, India, Spain)

4.5 ⭐
Prophet Song
The Correspondent
4.25 ⭐
Scammer
Love Forms
Lucky Day
4 ⭐
Careless People
All In Her Head
Hole In The Sky
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
3.5 ⭐
The River Has Roots
Middlemarch
Edinburgh Twilight
3 ⭐
The Last Gifts of the Universe
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Boulder
2.5 ⭐
Murderland

It‘s not important who you are; the only thing that matters is what kind of illness you suffer from.

This was a long, strange trip. A dystopian medical universe. Like reading a dream/nightmare crossover. 1984 vibes.

Book 1/Hospital ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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+336pts #BlackCatCrew

I‘m disappointed in this book. The set up and the idea were great: climate change has caused flooding over most of the globe. One country built a wall to keep others out and protect the people inside from flooding. Guards patrol the wall: our main character is just beginning his mandatory 2 year duty. This is great, love it. But something about the writing after the set up was lacking. I wanted to be intrigued but found it flat and boring.

And finally, it took a force of nature to interrupt our routines. We just wanted to hit the reset button. We just wanted to feel flush with time to do things of no quantifiable value, our hopeful side pursuits like writing or drawing or something, something other than what we did for money. And even if we didn‘t get around to it on that day, our free day, maybe it was enough just to feel the possibility that we could if we wanted to…😷🏢