A review by iddylu
The Mother Code by Carole Stivers

2.0

I think I might have rated this one a little more highly if it hadn't been so different from what I'd expected going in. The premise led me to expect an in-depth exploration of AI personhood and the relationship between artificial mother and child, similar to [b:A Closed and Common Orbit|29475447|A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)|Becky Chambers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457598923l/29475447._SY75_.jpg|48620653] (or, if things took a darker twist - which could have been interesting! - the film I Am Mother). But while the book certainly touched on those things, it didn't really delve into them in any sort of satisfying way, and the bulk of it was actually taken up by the technothriller-esque plotline about biowarfare - which I'd expected to be scene-setting and background info rather than the main thrust of the plot.