Day Zero

Finished this a few days ago. Had to get out the ebook because I sat on the hardcopy too long and had to return it when I was literally maybe 100 pages or less from the end. GAH!

And it was fun. I thoroughly enjoyed Pounce and Co. But I'm in the camp who doesn't understand why robots and humans must ALWAYS be at odds in fiction of any sort.

Anyway, I enjoyed the start of this novel. I felt like the beginning took its time introducing us to the world. But pretty quickly the excrement hits the air conditioning, and robots are committing mass genocide.

I really wanted to have more time with Isaactown history and the interrelations between robots themselves before we jumped into the fracas. But jumping in is what we got, the minute the conflict was introduced.

And there it all goes a bit too quickly and reads like a script. I didn't like all the choices–certain characters biting the dust, and when that happened, they ALL bit the dust–Cargill made sometimes, and the end needed some better pacing. I really wanted to have more time with the Mama Bears.

So it was fun, had potential, but it wasn't amazing. That being said, I'll read Sea of Rust here at some point soon.