Reviews

Der Muttercode by Carole Stivers

barondp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

proudlocks's review against another edition

3.0

Was ok. Loved the story. The way it was written though I’d assume it’s more YA.

geenahreads's review against another edition

Again, I don’t remember where I left off though I know I didn’t make it super far so I will be picking this up another time and will start from the beginning. There are just other books that I’m far more interested in at the moment. 

ultrosealia's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

aggielexi's review against another edition

2.0

The idea is great, but delivery needed work. I liked the multiple timeline piece, we are getting a POV from the world that is collapsing that is building these robots for the future, and we are getting a POV from the children born to these robots. The issue is, we're getting SO MANY POV's from people in both timeline's, that the characters never fully develop and you don't get that real attachment to any character.

On of my other issues with this book, and maybe it's because I was listening to the audio version and maybe I missed it, but I think the children are supposed to be around 6-7 years old. With the decisions that they are making that just did not make much sense to me, I pictured them at around 10.

girlonfyaa_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

let_the_wookie_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-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

jasminado's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

  I enjoyed this book a lot. At first, I wondered whether the two timelines had been necessary at all, but I just became so used to it and it did feel like it made sense after all towards the end.
Things I really liked about this book:
- How Stivers used each timeline for a different writing voice, like in one it was all fancy words/adult/science talk, etc. whereas in the other you follow children and the language becomes much easier. It was refreshing.
- How motherhood is explored between an AI and a child as we know it
- The setup! Not always is it shown how the world we read about gotten like this, and if it's mostly through flashbacks. In this book, you read it as separate chapters. Even though, I asked myself in the beginning of this book whether this is necessary, I came to enjoy this set up and type of structure a lot.

jojo50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

ashberg's review against another edition

too heavy for now