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thedreadpiratemonk 's review for:
Service Model
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's "ok." Not a bad read by any stretch. Not breaking any new ground here- pretty standard robot sci-fi stuff.
Much lighter-toned book than what you usually get from the author. Some of it is legitimately humorous, but mostly the jokes are just dry and frequently overstay their welcome. Some decent nerd-stalgia intersparsed (and more subtly placed) but not enough to save it for me.
Dialogue isn't really the writer's thing in general, but it actually kinda works here since you get the POV of the robot. Unfortunately, his usual, interesting, grounded human characters aren't present (also because it's so robot-centric), which is a shame because I have enjoyed that in some of his other books.
Some decent commentary about robots, Ai, and humanity/ society, but with much less subtlety than I expected from this writer- also one of the worst reveals in a book that I've seen in a while. In typical fashion for the author, it takes the book awhile to really get going, even if it's on the shorter side for him.It's at least a fast read, thankfully, but there are other books out there that have addressed the same topics, and are also shorter/ more entertaining.
Worthwhile? Sure. But wouldn't rush to get this one.
Much lighter-toned book than what you usually get from the author. Some of it is legitimately humorous, but mostly the jokes are just dry and frequently overstay their welcome. Some decent nerd-stalgia intersparsed (and more subtly placed) but not enough to save it for me.
Dialogue isn't really the writer's thing in general, but it actually kinda works here since you get the POV of the robot. Unfortunately, his usual, interesting, grounded human characters aren't present (also because it's so robot-centric), which is a shame because I have enjoyed that in some of his other books.
Some decent commentary about robots, Ai, and humanity/ society, but with much less subtlety than I expected from this writer- also one of the worst reveals in a book that I've seen in a while. In typical fashion for the author, it takes the book awhile to really get going, even if it's on the shorter side for him.It's at least a fast read, thankfully, but there are other books out there that have addressed the same topics, and are also shorter/ more entertaining.
Worthwhile? Sure. But wouldn't rush to get this one.