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A carregar... The Infinity Courts (edição 2021)por Akemi Dawn Bowman (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. So glad this is only book one in the trilogy. Pre-ordered The Genesis Wars and I’m so excited to read more about this afterlife world. ( ) The primacy-recency effect means that I find myself having to review the end first: it seemed VERY abrupt, almost as if the author didn't realize until too late that the book was getting too long and decided to cut things short and save the rest for the sequel. Which sequel there *is*, I suppose, so at least there's that, but I still found it jarring. The big twist at the end was just as shocking as the author must have intended it to be, but you know what? There is something to be said for subtle foreshadowing. Personally, I would have preferred to have been given tiny glimpses of the truth, even if they were so subtle that the reader wouldn't understand until the truth was revealed. But we got nothing, and so I felt almost unfairly tricked instead. Those points aside, I did enjoy the story. It was involving enough to evoke my suspicions with my own AI (Alexa) for the time period in which I was reading. I found myself aggravated in the extreme for how Nami waxed hot and cold on what to do: she would remember her sister, be absolutely convinced that she had to make the afterlife safe for her one day, and then still hesitate over whether she should act or not. Then again, the introduction showed that Nami tended to become anxious when pushed by others to make choices, so it fit character. But the whole first day in the market experience did make me wonder just how stupid she was. The danger was clear, but she was all, "Ooh, shinies"? I'll be reading the sequel, though it's not at the top of my TBR. I have a huge soft spot for books about artificial intelligence versus humanity so I was super excited about The Infinity Courts and it didn't disappoint! The main character, Nami, was murdered in an act of bravery just as her life was starting at 18. She finds out the afterlife was hacked by artificial intelligence much like Siri called Ophelia that aims to use and eradicate human consciousness. Ophelia created 4 princes who rule the courts of Victory, War, Death, and Famine. It's hard to describe the world without spoilers but I'd say this will appeal to Hunger Games fans. Lots of food for thought about morality, othering, and humanity. The characters are all very likeable. There is a slow burn love triangle with Nami and a grumpy tormented hero type and a morally ambiguous AI royalty which was something I never knew I needed. The plot twists at the end were very !!! I need the next book now. teen science fiction/fantasy (artificial intelligence in the afterlife) Great debut novel; I liked the diverse representation (not really part of the story, but there if you look for it). If you are into AI, then you'll love this--if you're not really into AI, it maybe drags a little bit in the middle, but picks up, actionwise, again at the end. Not sure what to think about the ending. Surprising, certainly. It does seem to want a sequel... and I probably wouldn't mind reading that. Parental notes: there is fantasy violence and real violence (the shooting at the beginning, plus the stabbing of souls is real enough); there is a kissing scene that leads to cuddling (what happens in between is left up to reader). There is no doubt that The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman has an interesting premise. After all, for as long as progress occurs, humans harbor a fear that the technology we crave could prove to be our downfall. So, when the Alexa surrogate known as Ophelia turns out to be real and has found a way to take over Ms. Bowman’s version of an afterlife, she simply feeds into that fear. Unfortunately, what The Infinity Courts has in potential because of its premise, it lacks in execution. Frankly, the main character, Nami, is insufferable. She spends ten percent of her afterlife worrying about her loved ones still alive and lamenting her death, which I can get. Her death is a tragedy, and she has every right to mourn the end of her life just as she was on the cusp of adulthood. It is how she spends the rest of her time that causes all the problems. Nami spends 80 percent of her afterlife repeatedly asking herself the same questions about humanity and mankind’s inherent goodness. Once again, I can sort of understand why this is an obsession for her. After all, Ophelia takes over Infinity because she deems humans unworthy and too evil to create an environment in which electronic minds can coexist with human minds. Yet, almost every other page has her asking the same damn questions. After four hundred pages, I cannot stress the tediousness of her lamentations enough. To make matters even worse, Nami spends the rest of her time ignoring all the well-meant advice and plans of her fellow colonists because she determined that her ideas are the only ones with merit. Maybe it is my age showing, but Nami ignoring the experiences of others rubbed me the wrong way. She professes to be so mature and yet so scared to do anything, but she is way too quick to ignore hard-won lessons and plans. She espouses the importance of seeing all sides, but she turns a blind eye to everything the colonists tell her. The hypocrisy, however unintentional, really bothered me. Combine that with a completely predictable and unnecessary love story, and The Infinity Courts becomes another lackluster fantasy story. In truth, it is at least 100 pages too long and requires some major editing to limit the number of times Nami agonizes over whether humans can be good, the not-so-veiled analogy between the Residents instead of BIPOC or LBGTQ+ notwithstanding. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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