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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

24 reviews

katerinatroyanovich's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am speechless after finishing Annie Bot. This is my first 5 star read of the year and WOW I know I made the right choice waiting to give out this rating because this blew the other books I’ve read out of the park. At first this is West World meets Barbie but it goes so much deeper. It ends as a beautiful but devastatingly honest portrait of womanhood and the shackles of the patriarchy. Be sure to check trigger warnings but otherwise this is a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

vaekay's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, and Transphobia

ewilsonn's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

I was hoping she’d kill him at the end.

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It’s hard to describe how I feel about this novel. It was truly fascinating reading from the POV of a sentient, humanoid robot. It was absolutely maddening to read about said robot’s human owner, Doug, a trashcan of a man, but totally someone you know irl. Which is what made it so infuriating!! How men like Doug reduce women to serving their needs and desires. How women are all but taught (programmed, as it were) to please their male counterparts. It certainly sparked a lot of great contemplation, however theoretical, about ownership in the age of AI and increasing technological advances. I guess the point can be made that this book exists to possibly skew the path that the future holds for certain AI developments, but it may also exist to show how inevitable the future will be as it is in the book.

Was this story original? Yes. Was it empowering, hopeful feminist literature? Not really. While the ending did offer some payoff, a lot of the book frustrated me. Which, again, is maybe the point! So many thoughts about this book. Sierra Greer definitely debuted with an interesting one, that’s for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Alcohol, Torture, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse and Grief

janeaustentatious2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

A deceptively gut wrenching and prescient book. I wasn't sure what to expect stepping into this book, but it was really difficult for me to put this down once I got started. I do think that the obvious comparison is Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro; however, I think that I resonated more with the themes explored here. 

If you're looking into reading this book, I would definitely recommend a quick scan of the content warnings. There are some really disturbing and harrowing scenes in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

ravenousrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A raw, unapologetic reflection on the many facets of humanity. It left me feeling contemplative - turned inside out with conflicting emotions.

Would I recommend it? Absolutely.

Would I myself dive in again? Only if I were prepared to once more disassemble my perspective on humanity and myself.

Good luck to us all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

it’s important to note that one of the human characters does not think of the main AI character as “alive” or “real” and therefore doesn’t treat her with the kind of decency often afforded to a human. This can be quite upsetting but if you can power through it’s worth the read.

ninebookishlives's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

lizalovereads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

“He is the only star in their system, she realizes. he has no competition, no need to listen to Annie like she’s her own protagonist. Because she’s not. She has no outside separate life beyond his. They have no issue of imbalance between them because they have no question, ever, of who has complete power.”

I was really excited going into this book, but it left something to be desired. Though Greer tackled themes of ownership, humanity, emotional abuse, gender norms, casual racism, power dynamics, consent and agency, I don't feel that it added much to the conversation. I wanted it to be more bold. She did a good job with the character voice being believable as a robot, and with her development. But overall it became repetitive and the ending was lackluster. There were also some plot holes. The odd mix of literary and plot-based felt off kilter to me.

*also if unlikeable characters bother you then don’t read this because Doug is a grade A a-hole and that’s kinda the point!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

bobabunnie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

what a good quick read- i related a lot to annie in a lot of ways! not a word of this book felt wasted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

itsybitsygingie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Confinement, Body shaming, Torture, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content