![[Review] Boy Robot – Simon Curtis](https://thoughtsandafterthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/so-you-want-to-be-human-robot-week-day-4-banner-final.png?w=672&h=372&crop=1)
Book Title: Boy Robot (Trilogy?) Author: Simon Curtis Number of pages: 432
Synopsis:
There once was a boy who was made, not created.
In a single night, Isaak’s life changed forever.
His adoptive parents were killed, a mysterious girl saved him from a team of soldiers, and he learned of his own dark and destructive origin.
An origin he doesn’t want to believe, but one he cannot deny.
(re: Goodreads @ Boy Robot by Simon Curtis)
Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:
– Plot reads like a cat-and-mouse thriller; lots of running away and downtime for self-discovery, followed by more traveling
– Multi-POV through vignettes used to world build and give historical [robot] context
– Explosive action that drives the conflict-driven narrative
– Diverse and intersectional characters; although the lead protagonist was underwhelming in framework
– While there is romance, it does not take precedence to the plot
Initial Thoughts
Though I have heavily promo’d this book on Twitter (and in passing conversations with people about a killer vagina), I’m still going to critically assess this book as I would normally.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of Boy Robot from Simon and Schuster Canada.
![[Review] Vassa in The Night — Sarah Porter (feat. Excerpt from the Book)](https://thoughtsandafterthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/vassa-in-the-night-banner.png?w=672&h=372&crop=1)
In Vassa’s neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic, but stumbling out again could become an issue. Babs Yagg, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa’s stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission.
thoughts and afterthoughts. 