Charles Stross is starting to wear thin on me. ( )

I am always all over the place with Stross. He is a gifted writer and can really put a story together but sometimes his books just don't knock me out.

This book was good but I admit that I was expecting more and it wasn't nearly as clever as I think it was suppose to be. I will continue to read Stross but I have a feeling he is going to always be one of those writers that just completely wows me or is just all right. ( )

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Un sistema solare orfano della razza umana ma interamente popolato da robot umanoidi (nati al tempo come suoi servitori) fa da sfondo alle emozionanti avventure della protagonista, robot per l'appunto, un vecchio modello di tipo "intrattenimento sessuale" che si trova coinvolta in una lunga serie di avventure/disavventure, intrighi e complotti che se da un lato avvincono alla lettura un po' pure confondono tanto sono intricati.
Un romanzo che certo non annoia mai ma, per contro, lascia spesso perplessi : su alcune "logiche" di trama, scelte narrative, aspetti "tecnici" vari ...
Cmq lettura gradevole. ( )

A fun book about what happens to the robots after humans accidentally become extinct. It is told through the eyes of Freya, a sex robot who has lost her life purpose now that humans are gone. The book is a real romp through the solar system, with some interesting ideas exploring slavery, and quite entertaining to read (although my eyes began to glaze over at the many explanations of the mechanics of space travel). The ending was too abrupt for me, and I felt like it didn't really wrap up the story so much as cut it short. ( )