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A review by outsmartyourshelf
Girl of Flesh and Metal by Alicia Ellis
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Lena's parents own CyberCorp, a company which is on the brink of mass producing the first batch of humanoid robots to carry out the more mundane aspects of daily life, but Lena is old-school. She hates the technology and when she is involved in a car accident that leads to her being fitted with a more advanced cybernetic arm, she is furious with her parents. The other passenger in the accident ex-boyfriend, Jackson, is more amenable to the technology, but Lena can't shake the terrible headaches, then she starts sleepwalking. When the children of CyberCorp employees are murdered, Lena realises to her her horror that she doesn't have alibis for the murders because she was sleepwalking when they occurred. Is Lena guilty of murder and if she is, why is she killing them?
First of all let me tell you that I bought this book initially for the cover - it looks amazing on the Kindle version - the photo on here doesn't do it justice. The story itself is an interesting one, examining the ever-closer arrival of humanoid AI, what is means to be human, and the arguments from both sides. Lena is definitely one of the 'Against' camp and this is only heightened by her experiences following her accident.
I actually really enjoyed the sci-fi/thriller parts of the story but I found Lena to be a bit irritating at times, for example she blames her parents for the car accident with no mention of the fact she had been out partying with friends and lost concentration whilst driving. I did enjoy it enough that I will be checking out the sequels.
First of all let me tell you that I bought this book initially for the cover - it looks amazing on the Kindle version - the photo on here doesn't do it justice. The story itself is an interesting one, examining the ever-closer arrival of humanoid AI, what is means to be human, and the arguments from both sides. Lena is definitely one of the 'Against' camp and this is only heightened by her experiences following her accident.
I actually really enjoyed the sci-fi/thriller parts of the story but I found Lena to be a bit irritating at times, for example she blames her parents for the car accident with no mention of the fact she had been out partying with friends and lost concentration whilst driving. I did enjoy it enough that I will be checking out the sequels.