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ishkadoodles 's review for:
The Life Engineered
by J-F. Dubeau
I really enjoyed The Life Engineered. The world is fascinating and has a unique take on the sci-fi genre. It also poses some interesting question on what it means to be human or where the line is between human and machine. I really enjoyed the blending of ancient mythology with futuristic machines, even if in name only. It left a very strong human influence on the Capeks. Our creation stories have given our civilizations such a rich foundation, it would make sense that we would give that same foundation to our machine children.
I'm giving it 4 stars because there were places in the book where I wanted more. I'd love for this to have the richness and complexity of Dune or The Dark Tower because the concept is so compelling (no pressure, right J-F. Dubeau?). I also wanted to go deeper into the lore of the story and get to know some of the characters better. We have a decent idea of Dagir's motivations, but what about the others? That could just be a limitation of the first person perspective format though.
I'm really glad that there's going to be a second book and eagerly await it. I've already pre-ordered Arch-Android!
I'm giving it 4 stars because there were places in the book where I wanted more. I'd love for this to have the richness and complexity of Dune or The Dark Tower because the concept is so compelling (no pressure, right J-F. Dubeau?). I also wanted to go deeper into the lore of the story and get to know some of the characters better. We have a decent idea of Dagir's motivations, but what about the others? That could just be a limitation of the first person perspective format though.
I'm really glad that there's going to be a second book and eagerly await it. I've already pre-ordered Arch-Android!