Ian McEwan

A Novel

Machines Like Me

kathi 

** spoiler alert **
           Content notification: sexual assault, rape

Holy hell - thank you for another 'why you shouldnt believe woman who say they were raped' this is problematic af. Tragic backstory rape, the broken woman, then adopting a child against his will? What?! Somebody really has to work on his way of looking at women. Awful. Also the described voyeurism was nasty.

Arianna M

Well-written and compelling, despite the fact that it is narrated in first person by Charlie, a character I truly could not find it in myself to care about. I much preferred Adam, the robot, and Miranda, Charlie's girlfriend. There are some very interesting meditations on the role of artificial intelligence, technology, religion, morality. I'm sure I'll keep thinking about this book.

Machines Like Me A Novel

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