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frombethanysbookshelf's review
4.0
Hayato is a successful industrial designer in Japan, in a future world full of progressive technology and AI. After his less than amicable divorce, he's assigned a stand in - an android to provide realistic companionship. But can you replicate that? This may be an advanced world, but even the most impressive technological strides can't solve the most basic of human desires - finding love, connection and true meaning in life.
In only 42 pages, Shiraishi creates an entire world. A beautiful new universe than feels like both utopia and dystopia at the same time - with a stark juxtaposition between magnificent technology and human achievement, marked against the dark side of government oppression and control. I felt like I knew the world, connected with it, and that is a testament to the masterful writing in this story.
The writing style is descriptive and somewhat poetic, but still saying concise and clearly without any filler. This little book provokes the reader to think about the truths behind AI and true autonomy.
Instead of a story, I'd describe Stand-In Companion as a striking snapshot of a distant yet unsettlingly familiar future.
In only 42 pages, Shiraishi creates an entire world. A beautiful new universe than feels like both utopia and dystopia at the same time - with a stark juxtaposition between magnificent technology and human achievement, marked against the dark side of government oppression and control. I felt like I knew the world, connected with it, and that is a testament to the masterful writing in this story.
The writing style is descriptive and somewhat poetic, but still saying concise and clearly without any filler. This little book provokes the reader to think about the truths behind AI and true autonomy.
Instead of a story, I'd describe Stand-In Companion as a striking snapshot of a distant yet unsettlingly familiar future.
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