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A review by mar
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The western/Mad Max vibe was fun, but the robots just feel... too human? like i straight up kept forgetting the main character (and every other character) was a robot. maybe I'm just spoiled by murderbot but like, there's ways to make robots relatable/emotional/fallible/etc without making them feel "basically human." i mean where's the CREATIVITY!!!
(also utterly baffled by the "voice pitch = gender" choice. Those Are Robots. why would it work like that. how would that work for anyone whose pronouns arent he or she)
(also utterly baffled by the "voice pitch = gender" choice. Those Are Robots. why would it work like that. how would that work for anyone whose pronouns arent he or she)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Sexual content
Minor: Ableism
The "cannibalism" content warnings from other users are a bit misleading; there is no what you're likely to think of as "actual" cannibalism in the book. There is, however, a lot of robots killing each other to use the other's parts, which the characters refer to as cannibalism once or twice.