Name: The Life Engineered
ISBN: 9781941758595

J. F. Dubeau

Will the robots humanity leaves behind become our saviors or our undoing?

The Life Engineered

Paige Green

Rating: 2/5

Genre: Sci-Fi

Recommended Age: 16+ (some slight mature content, death, violence, robots (if you have a fear do not read!)

JF Dubeau’s debut novel, The Life Engineered begins in the year 3594, where humanity is little more than a memory―a legend of the distant past destined to reappear. Capeks, a race of artificial creatures originally created by humans, have inherited the galaxy and formed a utopian civilization built on the shared goal of tirelessly working to prepare for their makers’ return.

One moment a cop dying in the line of duty in Boston, the next “reborn” as a Capek, Dagir must find her place in this intricate society. That vaguely remembered “death” was but the last of hundreds of simulated lives, distilling her current personality. A robot built for rescue and repair, she finds her abilities tested immediately after her awakening when the large, sentient facility that created her is destroyed, marking the only instance of murder the peaceful Capeks have ever known. For the first time in their history, conflicting philosophies clash, setting off a violent civil war that could lay waste to the stars themselves. 

Dagir sets off on a quest to find the killers, and finds much more than she sought. As the layers of the Capeks’ past peel away to reveal their early origins, centuries-old truths come to light. And the resulting revelations may tear humanity’s children apart―and destroy all remnants of humankind. - Amazon.com

This will be a short review. This is the SECOND time I've had to DNF this book. I keep trying to read it because my husband raves about it, but I really don't see why. The book has an intriguing concept, but for me the writing is what keeps me from enjoying it. The characters are also really unbelievable and it really takes someone who loves sci-fi and has a huge imagination to accurately understand this book. I think I'm going to tell my husband I refuse to read this book any longer lol.

Verdict: Interesting concept. Weird writing and characters. Read if you like sci-fi and like robots (seriously, robots everywhere!).

The Life Engineered

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