kharvejr 's review for:

Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby

3.75

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Glass Houses is a mystery that explores the darker parts of technology and human behaviour. When a start-up team for an AI emotion mapping algorithm are involved in a plane crash, they land on a deserted island, with only a handful of the passengers surviving. On the island, they find an abandoned house with all the latest technology installed but remain unable to contact the outer world. One by one, they start to go missing, and the house they are using as a refuge feels less and less safe by the day. 

This book took me a while to really get into. But by the time I was halfway through, I was hooked! Initially, I struggled with the switching between past and present chapters as I didn’t feel I could fully understand either timeline as I didn’t feel I had a deep enough understanding of them. However, as I read on, the events became clearer and I was able to enjoy Glass Houses more. The timelines were woven together well and the book ended in a fantastic crescendo. 

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.