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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

22 reviews

juliabingel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

fascinating, frightening, fantastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Confinement, Rape, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Misogyny

znvisser's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

 “She needs the chance to make mistakes and learn. Kind of like a kid.”
“She doesn’t look like a kid,” Roland says. Doug laughs. “Well, no. I’m not a perv.” 

Audience, Doug is, in fact, a perv. And an ass, because well, you have to be one to one to ‘own’ an AI woman and order her around. He gets annoyed at Annie for things that are either quite human or typically AI, so she can never win. 

This book positively surprised me! I was intrigued by this before the release but left it in the store because it looked really dialogue-heavy. My interest was reignited however, and I can’t deny it’s dialogue that pushes a lot of this story forward. But it surprisingly worked. It kept the pace up, and along with that, big events happened relatively early which kept me guessing for any further plot developments. 

Annie came alive to me and I experienced this abusive relationship along with her, rejoicing when Doug had better moods; because even if I didn’t see a way out for her either, at the very least it would mean she would be less miserable for a bit. Her emotional journey is what made this story so interesting. It begs the same question Westworld did in its earlier days: once technology reflects and experiences emotions, what really stops us from considering them human?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness and Cancer

Minor: Suicide and War

montyroz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

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

oddlyartless's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

Narrator/POV is a sentient sexbot

another_dahlia's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Vomit

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a short one but it felt like it held a lot of weight. Not that it was terribly emotional in nature, but it felt emotional for me. Everything about the dynamic between Annie and her owner / "boyfriend" Doug made me feel really ill and I suppose that was the point. I also think you were supposed to empathize with him at points, but I really didn't. The feelings I felt just made my chest ache and I think that's the mark of excellent storytelling.

I also just really enjoyed that this was accessible sci-fi. the world is not overly complicated, and in fact very similar to our current world, but with human like robots you can buy if you're ridiculously rich. it wasn't hard to buy or to follow and I appreciated that a lot because a lot of what makes me not a sci-fi person is that I feel it can feel inaccessible to me as a genre.

The only thing missing for me is that it felt like there was a lot of time skips in the book and telling me what went on during the time period instead of showing me and I generally don't love when authors tell me things instead of showing me them. All in all though, great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Body shaming, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Death of parent

ndowen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Sexism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Rape, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Cancer