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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

48 reviews

sweill803's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Sexism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Medical content

librarianeno's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

3.75

This book explores the romantic relationship between a man, Doug, and his Annie, a robot that he specified the design on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Emotional abuse

very unhealthy relationship between Doug and Annie. Also, at one point, Doug locks Annie in a closet for several weeks.

redur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault and Body shaming

ashyq's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death and Cancer

lexa_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

Psychological abuse in a relationship is much harder to identify then physical abuse. There are no visible marks but victims hurt nonetheless. The author’s way of Illustrating an abusive relationship of this kind in an AI / human relationship is genius. I enjoyed this book and felt for Annie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

melissaslibraryy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

This book was so good and, everything I expected and more. The complexity of AI bots intermingling in society and how they are not that far off from humanity as one might’ve thought, is a scary feeling to realize especially with how far AI is progressing in real life.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Grief, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Classism, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Abandonment, Misogyny, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

m_a_j's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Infidelity

Minor: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Child death, and Vomit

beckyremillard's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I don’t normally read science fiction but I could stop. This book was definitely thought provoking and intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

oddpilot97's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

5.0

HOLYYYYY COW, this was good. And I’m not someone who says that lightly (I don’t hesitate to DNF and haven’t had a 5 star book in ages)

Lately I’ve been on a streak of reading books with amazing concepts, that I end up giving up on because it doesn’t deliver on that. This was almost the opposite. The plot line caught my eye, but I wondered if it was going to get either too one-note or too triggering. I don’t know where your mind goes when you think about someone who owns a sex robot, but mine automatically goes to a mega creep. Instead, the owner character had layers, and was more than just purely detestable.

The author added SO much nuance and complexity. I was eagerly wondering what the end result would be with every twist and turn. I was screaming for the protagonist to make the right choice the whole time, even as things got more and more complicated on which decision was truly best for her.

when I described some of the plot to my mom, she said “this isn’t just about robots is it?” she hit the nail  right on the head. the story aptly draws a parallel to oppressive gender roles. 

Annie’s owner treats her better than almost any other. even the techs at the company Who made her tell her she is lucky that he is her owner. But are you truly lucky if you are the most well treated slave?

Doug does horrible things —without a doubt. he modeled Annie after his ex girlfriend, a blatant crossing of boundaries. he is at times cruel, particularly when he locked her in the closet with her libido set at a 10. I hated him at so many points of the book. And at other times, I wondered if Annie did truly desire to be with him or if it was just programming. I was curious if there was any redemption possible for Doug.

P.S. what happened to Delta??? Justice for her.

There’s so much more I could say, and perhaps I will reflect on more of the themes and how they impacted me and return to update this at a later time.

TLDR: read it. It’s worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Infidelity, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Body horror