I received an e-version of this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This graphic novel had an interesting premise that was not properly executed because there was no character or story development, it seemed like the characters were doing the same all the time and the aspect of robots living among humans was not properly developed.
Besides, it being almost monochromatic I found it hard telling some robot characters from others, and the illustrations were not the best -particularly the human depictions.
Too bad this was so disappointing, because this was a great idea for a graphic novel.

I love robots. I especially love reading about them when they get FEELINGSSSS. Because it makes me have feelings too. I just want robots and androids and cyborgs to be HAPPY!!!! Anyway, this was an interesting look into that concept, of robots having the right to live as real beings. It was funny and at times heartfelt, and mostly I just really liked the world that they lived in. I'd like to see it explored a bit more!! Certainly worth a read if you enjoy this kind of thing, robots assimilating into human life or trying to anyway.

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I liked the concept of this graphic novel, but thought the execution was lacking. The story is about robots who have been legally granted the right to life. They seem to have personalities and are sentient from what we can tell in the story. We do discover that robots can attend university and “learn” the same way people do, but if they upload data that is considered cheating and will get expelled. That sounds kind of interesting right? Well, that is only a small portion of the story.

The overall plot seemed fairly aimless and felt like a contemporary work that just replaced people with robots to make it seem more interesting. I didn’t find it very interesting and had a hard time actually reading it. The color palette of the illustrations made it hard to distinguish what was happening and the dialogue bubbles were placed in a way that made it difficult to follow the conversations.

Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy from NetGalley for an honest review.
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I received an e-version of this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This graphic novel had an interesting premise that was not properly executed because there was no character or story development, it seemed like the characters were doing the same all the time and the aspect of robots living among humans was not properly developed.
Besides, it being almost monochromatic I found it hard telling some robot characters from others, and the illustrations were not the best -particularly the human depictions.
Too bad this was so disappointing, because this was a great idea for a graphic novel.