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A review by alex_pcbff
Erased by Anders Edwards
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.
DNF @ 25%
I really wanted to love this book, because the concept is everything I love about dystopian fiction, and it's very relevant to the world today and the development of AI technologies and generative AI. Unfortunately, this fell flat for me.
There was a lack of nuance in the book that made it too simple for me. I usually prefer more secrecy in dystopian novels, but in this book, it felt like the main characters all knew from the beginning the issue with the nano chips, or at the very least that the tech was sketchy.
The characters felt underdeveloped to me, and I would have liked to learn more about them and their lives before immediately getting into the plot. I felt very detached from them. I also wish the book had felt more immersive, with more details about the nano chips at the start. Like the way they integrated with the transpo, which is genuinely so cool.
This may be a case that I'm just too old for this kind of writing style (I'm in my late 20s), but I do still re-read some of my favourite YA dystopian books like Legend and Warcross by Marie Lu. Maybe this is just better for a "lower YA" reader. I try to avoid DNFing books, but I can tell this book just isn't for me.
Thank you Netgalley, Echo Press Publishing, and Anders Edwards for the chance to read the ARC! All opinions are honest and my own.
I really wanted to love this book, because the concept is everything I love about dystopian fiction, and it's very relevant to the world today and the development of AI technologies and generative AI. Unfortunately, this fell flat for me.
There was a lack of nuance in the book that made it too simple for me. I usually prefer more secrecy in dystopian novels, but in this book, it felt like the main characters all knew from the beginning the issue with the nano chips, or at the very least that the tech was sketchy.
The characters felt underdeveloped to me, and I would have liked to learn more about them and their lives before immediately getting into the plot. I felt very detached from them. I also wish the book had felt more immersive, with more details about the nano chips at the start. Like the way they integrated with the transpo, which is genuinely so cool.
This may be a case that I'm just too old for this kind of writing style (I'm in my late 20s), but I do still re-read some of my favourite YA dystopian books like Legend and Warcross by Marie Lu. Maybe this is just better for a "lower YA" reader. I try to avoid DNFing books, but I can tell this book just isn't for me.
Thank you Netgalley, Echo Press Publishing, and Anders Edwards for the chance to read the ARC! All opinions are honest and my own.