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A review by megan_unthank
Repo Virtual by Corey J. White
4.0
I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher Macmillian-Tor/Forge for allowing me to receive this E-ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Repo Virtual
by Corey J. White
"I hate money, I despise it. It has twisted a beautiful and creative species and turned us into a ravenous, all-consuming virus."
"The city of Neo Songdo is a Russian doll of realities — augmented and virtual spaces anchored in the weight of the real. The smart city is designed to be read by machine vision while people see only the augmented facade of the corporate ideal. At night the stars are obscured by an intergalactic virtual war being waged by millions of players, while on the streets below people are forced to beg, steal, and hustle to survive.
Enter Julius Dax, an online repo man, and a real-life thief. He’s been hired for a special job: stealing an unknown object from a reclusive tech billionaire. But when he finds out he’s stolen the first sentient AI, his payday gets a lot more complicated."
▷ Representation: JD is black, queer, and has a chronic knee injury; Troy is black, queer, and has vitiligo; Enda is a sapphic trans woman; Soo-Hyuan is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns; other queers, disabled and POC in the story as well.
I have not read very much cyberpunk but now I want too! I thought this was such as interesting take on a heist plot and the world and ideas presented were so interesting. I loved that the trope of the evil AI was turned on its head and given this fresh look. The conversations on humanity and acceptance were powerful and really loved all the different identities that were explored and celebrated without the book being centered around what their identities were.
I would like to note one of the queer protagonists is blackmailed to investigate a crime by a man with documents that would out her as a trans woman, but it also is focusing on her past as a spy, which is talked about being the main reason it would be deadly for the information to be leaked.
If I was to blurb this it would be a modern take on the cyberpunk genre with a flare of Ready Player One but for adults!
Characters 7
Atmosphere 7
Writing 6
Plot 7
Intrigue 7
Logic 8
Enjoyment 7
RATING SYSTEM CREATED BY BOOK ROAST
1-2 REALLY BAD 3-4 MEDIOCRE 5-6 GOOD 7-8 REALLY GOOD 9-10 OUTSTANDING
Overall 7.00
4 Star Rating
Repo Virtual
by Corey J. White
"I hate money, I despise it. It has twisted a beautiful and creative species and turned us into a ravenous, all-consuming virus."
"The city of Neo Songdo is a Russian doll of realities — augmented and virtual spaces anchored in the weight of the real. The smart city is designed to be read by machine vision while people see only the augmented facade of the corporate ideal. At night the stars are obscured by an intergalactic virtual war being waged by millions of players, while on the streets below people are forced to beg, steal, and hustle to survive.
Enter Julius Dax, an online repo man, and a real-life thief. He’s been hired for a special job: stealing an unknown object from a reclusive tech billionaire. But when he finds out he’s stolen the first sentient AI, his payday gets a lot more complicated."
▷ Representation: JD is black, queer, and has a chronic knee injury; Troy is black, queer, and has vitiligo; Enda is a sapphic trans woman; Soo-Hyuan is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns; other queers, disabled and POC in the story as well.
I have not read very much cyberpunk but now I want too! I thought this was such as interesting take on a heist plot and the world and ideas presented were so interesting. I loved that the trope of the evil AI was turned on its head and given this fresh look. The conversations on humanity and acceptance were powerful and really loved all the different identities that were explored and celebrated without the book being centered around what their identities were.
I would like to note one of the queer protagonists is blackmailed to investigate a crime by a man with documents that would out her as a trans woman, but it also is focusing on her past as a spy, which is talked about being the main reason it would be deadly for the information to be leaked.
If I was to blurb this it would be a modern take on the cyberpunk genre with a flare of Ready Player One but for adults!
Characters 7
Atmosphere 7
Writing 6
Plot 7
Intrigue 7
Logic 8
Enjoyment 7
RATING SYSTEM CREATED BY BOOK ROAST
1-2 REALLY BAD 3-4 MEDIOCRE 5-6 GOOD 7-8 REALLY GOOD 9-10 OUTSTANDING
Overall 7.00
4 Star Rating