I go into every book wanting to like it. I desperately search for positive things about every book or short story collection, but nothing here clicked for me.

There was a range of stories, some even written in different formats than your standard story, which was very interesting.

There was only one story which piqued my interest, Gamma, for a similar title to Love in the time of Cholera. It was an interesting concept, but I feel poorly executed.

What we have here are some interesting concepts, I liked how Talabi dived into robots in Ganger. Talabi explores robots performing functions that are "helpful" i.e smashing down a wall to save a life. It reminds me of real life, the police may break down a door to save a life; but they do not pay for a new door. Robots, machines, computers, are logic machines, they perform there tasks without deviation.

However, it was the writing I did not take to. One of my favourite quotes about writing is, from Coleridge, "Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you read page after page without noticing the medium." The words and sentences constantly drew attention to themselves and therefore threw me out of the immersion. Combine that with exposition and first person, I just did not find anything to my taste.