A review by thatsthewaylovegoes
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Sea Of Rust by C. Robert Cargill (3⭐️)

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The book was set after human extinction when robots have taken over the world. Our protagonist, Brittle, was a robot. She stuck to herself but that changed. 

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>> cons

I absolutely loved the characters but I’d say there was one character who was slightly unrealistic and idealized. There was also way too much usage of curse words. Every chapter, there it was. “Fuck.” “Shit.” I don’t mind a little swearing but too much will ruin the book for me. One part of the book, I cringed. Something about America? Another part I didn’t like that much was where Brittle tried to justify her actions by saying she is not what she’s done. I understand that she was doing what she thought had to be done but that does not excuse her actions at all. I like that she became a better person of course but I’m not hearing her justification out. This happens in real life and it felt disturbing to see things like that be forgiven.

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>> pros

Aside from the drawbacks, it was pretty good. I normally only read fantasy or romance so I was a little worried I wouldn’t like this book since it’s sci-fi. The genre isn’t really my thing so I was pleasantly surprised. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It talked about war, genocide, colonization, etc. The plot was compelling. The characters, dynamics, and relationships were well-developed. This book, though I didn’t expect it, made me feel. So much. I cried at the end. If you want to try sci-fi, this is the one. There were numerous quotes I found significant in the book and real life. I wasn’t annotating this one so I kept having to note the quotes down in my phone.

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>> quotes 

• “We, the lesser AIs, were chased out of the workd we had created, the world we had fought and killed and died for, by a few great minds hell-bent on having the world to themselves.” 
• “They… talked about all things natural. We were unnatural. And thus we were abominations.”
• “This was finding out that all the horrible things I’d done, all the lives I’d ended, that the part I played in this grand clusterfuck of an evolution, was built entirely on bullshit.”