A review by franklywrites
And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

challenging
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
No rating, as I'm unsure on this one. I initially found the premise and the setting very interesting and depicted in beautiful detail, but I certainly lost track of everything towards the end. There were some unexpectedly graphic sex scenes that would have been fine, I guess, but I barely detected any chemistry between the characters (other than being told they had shacked up in the past). The two main characters initially felt very different, but later on where it started flipping between their PoVs (sometimes I swear in the middle of scenes), I could barely tell the difference. I think the main reason I didn't get what was going on towards the end is because I never realised the viewpoint had changed until about two or three pages into the change.
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