Victoria Unveiled by Shane Joseph
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Timely and rather on the nose novel about crossing the lines of sentience.

Very, very near future SF that probably has a lot more in common with a modern retelling of Pygmalion, Cherry 2000, and Spielberg's AI -- written very hornily.

It explores creativity, coercion, and rightful anger. At this point, it doesn't matter whether the anger is human or AI. When others coerce, it's dehumanizing.

Decent novel, though not all that new. But it IS, as I said, very timely.

And before I forget, let's weave a little synesthesia into the review. I swear as I was reading this, I was smelling hothouse flowers. Totally constrained and controlled and often deadly. The smell was nearly overpowering. Definitely not food. It was definitely an attack. Interesting, either way.



Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.

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