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A review by bookwormbunny
Exotiqa by Ami Blackwelder, M. Black
5.0
Exotiqa by M. Black is book 1 in herExotiqa World series. In this book we are introduced to Fiona, a 16 year old human girl and we are introduced to Machine BC001001F2050A who becomes named Maci by Fiona. Maci is on the run from ImaTech and being hunted by Machine BC001230M2054C. One of her creators has made the decision that she is going rogue because of her breaking the rules, breaking curfew and disappearing for hours at a time and has come to the decision that it is best if she be destroyed. Russel Wagner, one of her creators, believes that she should be allowed to continue to function and that they should continue to study her to better understand what is going on not just with her but with other bots like her but his cohort will not be dissuaded and now Maci is on the run. She has a chance encounter with Fiona in her attempt to hide and escape her trackers. Fiona makes the decision to help Maci out and with the aid of her Flexbot crush, Pix, Fiona will try to save not only Maci but the country from the newest program that is running people’s lives…EXOTIQA.
Exotiqa is an engaging Dystopian cyberpunk story of where in the not too distant future humans are becoming more like machines and machines are becoming more human. We’re switching places a little at a time and the future is a dark place that we are heading towards. Maci is on the run becomes she knows something that she shouldn’t and her behavior is no longer in line with how her creators believe that it should be. She is trying to escape to a safe haven of where she believes that she will be able to disappear and blend in but getting there will be no easy task for her. She’s going to need help but in getting that help she is endangering those who would help her. But the danger is already all around them. Flexbots are killing humans, they are protected by laws that justify their actions and reactions and nothing is being done. Fiona sees it on the news and talks about it in the chat rooms with her friend Spear. They wish to return to a time before Exotiqa but can Fiona save those around her or will she be swept up as well?
This is the first book I’ve ever read like this and I have to say that I was engaged from the beginning all the way to the end. Just imagining a world like this is disturbing, exciting but then strange at the same time. It’s dystopian but without the mass destruction that we are so used to in most dystopian novels. This book reflects and focuses mostly on technology advancing to the point that we are becoming more robotic in attempts to lengthen our lives, assimilate more quickly and engage more quickly with the world around us so gone are – cell phones, smart phones, laptops, tablets. Things are done in our heads with technology and nanotech. Robots are being programmed to emulate humans more closely and the lines are becoming blurred between human and machine. This book pulls you in and has you engaged and wanting to learn what is going to happen next.
This story is told from two different viewpoints – Maci’s and Fiona’s. They switch back and forth in alternating chapters and I really like and appreciate how smoothly it happens. It makes follow the story really fluid and there are no hiccups. The author does a really good job going and filling in places of where they felt that the reader would want some explanation and it is very well done.
I am very much engaged in this series and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. I’m eager to read more and see where things continue to go and evolve. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. A very well done and well written scifi dystopian novel.
Exotiqa is an engaging Dystopian cyberpunk story of where in the not too distant future humans are becoming more like machines and machines are becoming more human. We’re switching places a little at a time and the future is a dark place that we are heading towards. Maci is on the run becomes she knows something that she shouldn’t and her behavior is no longer in line with how her creators believe that it should be. She is trying to escape to a safe haven of where she believes that she will be able to disappear and blend in but getting there will be no easy task for her. She’s going to need help but in getting that help she is endangering those who would help her. But the danger is already all around them. Flexbots are killing humans, they are protected by laws that justify their actions and reactions and nothing is being done. Fiona sees it on the news and talks about it in the chat rooms with her friend Spear. They wish to return to a time before Exotiqa but can Fiona save those around her or will she be swept up as well?
This is the first book I’ve ever read like this and I have to say that I was engaged from the beginning all the way to the end. Just imagining a world like this is disturbing, exciting but then strange at the same time. It’s dystopian but without the mass destruction that we are so used to in most dystopian novels. This book reflects and focuses mostly on technology advancing to the point that we are becoming more robotic in attempts to lengthen our lives, assimilate more quickly and engage more quickly with the world around us so gone are – cell phones, smart phones, laptops, tablets. Things are done in our heads with technology and nanotech. Robots are being programmed to emulate humans more closely and the lines are becoming blurred between human and machine. This book pulls you in and has you engaged and wanting to learn what is going to happen next.
This story is told from two different viewpoints – Maci’s and Fiona’s. They switch back and forth in alternating chapters and I really like and appreciate how smoothly it happens. It makes follow the story really fluid and there are no hiccups. The author does a really good job going and filling in places of where they felt that the reader would want some explanation and it is very well done.
I am very much engaged in this series and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. I’m eager to read more and see where things continue to go and evolve. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. A very well done and well written scifi dystopian novel.