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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Mini review: ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery.
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:01:25 -0600
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On 1/25/2025 4:45 PM, D wrote:
> Dear rasw:ers,
> 
> Just finished ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery and hereby I give it 3 out 
> of 5.
> 
> Strong beginning, a story about an AI who goes on a journey of self- 
> discovery. But the book does not feel very polished, annoying port 
> addresses and ultimately boring descriptions of reasoning that take away 
> from the story.
> 
> I also feel the self-discovery could have been focused on a bit more, 
> and I think it ends in a kind of trivial and abrupt way.
> 
> 3 out of 5. Will not read again.
> 
> I think I'll return to 70s and 80s science fiction for a bit. Next will 
> either be More than human, or some good, old cyberpunk from the 80s, 
> possibly early 90s. We'll see.
> 
> Let me also wish you all a pleasant evening and happy reading!

Try the book that I just reviewed, "Shards Of Earth".  I have not read 
books 2 and 3 yet so I cannot verify that they are good also.

And the Murderbot Diaries.
    https://www.amazon.com/All-Systems-Red-Murderbot-Diaries/dp/0765397536/

Lynn