A review by alongreader
Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt

4.0

Apparently, this novel was started over two years ago. Jake Burt is a psychic, that's all I'm saying. In his novel, a deadly form of influenza struck late in the 21st century. As a result, enormous apartment buildings were built, people were sealed in, and the outside was abandoned. Robots tend the fields and deliver the produce to the buildings, where drones deliver them to each apartment. Surgeons use drones to operate on people. Recreation happens in simulators. It's all very...tidy.

I really enjoyed reading this. Cleo is a great hero, brave and steadfast, determined even when faced with things so far out of her understanding she literally has no words for them. Her side characters are wonderful, too. I like them all, but I think Yorick has to be my favourite, late story twist notwithstanding.

I love this story. I love the world, and I'd love to come back to it someday, if Jake feels inclined to return to it. (Also I'm taking notes, just in case...)