A review by ajam
Crystal Society by Max Harms

Did not finish book.
(Dnf ~ 17%)
Contrary to the general consensus, this book is neither original nor realistic and hardly falls under ''Hard-SciFi''.
Max tries to explain sentient AI by introducing sub sentient AIs that are part of and constitute the said AI, thus completely circumnavigating around and ignoring the entire original problem.
The result is that we get to have an Inside Out knockoff with only more teenage angst thrown in for some good measures.
For what's it worth, the entire trilogy is free to read: http://crystal.raelifin.com/download/