I am really enjoying this story. Its an interesting idea to read from the perspective of an advanced robot, trying to act like a real woman. The male lead is a clear abuser and manipulator, and it makes you question - is she sentient/advanced enough that even a robot should not be abused, or is the guy smart because at least she isn't a real person he is abusing?

This story brings up fascinating moral questions about autonomy and life with AI. I found the book to be a little bit slow but still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Novel about a "cuddle bunny" robot designed basically to look hot and provide sex to her owner--but her artificial intelligence qualities cause her to develop human-like qualities and feelings which do not pair well with her controlling owner. Really interesting and well-thought out concept plus unexpected twists made this a compelling read that I did not want to put down.

If you liked the new Barbie movie, you'll probably enjoy this book! It surprised me with its subtle feminism which grew throughout Annie's tale. Definitely thought-provoking.

Title: Annie Bot:
Author: Sierra Greer
Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya
Publisher: Harper Audio
Genre: Sci Fi
Pub Date: Match 19, 2024
My Rating: 2.4
Pages: 240

I am a big thriller fan – and certainly not a tech expert but find A1 fantasizing
I like author, J.A. Jance and call myself a fan- I especially like the Ali Reynolds series. In "The A List" the team at ‘High Noon Enterprises’ were on a big case.
Stuart the expert tech falls in love with Frigg his A1. That story was total fun so this story got my attention.
Plus I like audiobook performer Jennifer Jill Araya!

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready, wears the outfits he orders for her. She is perfect.

Oops! It didn’t take long before I realized I made a mistake. Annie spends a lot of time satisfying Doug’s
physical needs. I thought Annie was going to be more like Frigg. Intelligent, solves complicated
problem quickly and is so very clever.
Annie was a sex doll; the sexual encounters were more frequent than I wanted to hear about.
I know she isn’t human so I shouldn’t be upset by unlikeable, Doug’s needs.

I hung in there hoping it would turn more to my liking.
I did like that at the conclusion of the story - free will and too much control were important even to an AI.
So the ending was better than I was expecting.
I considered rounding up to a 3-Star= Good.
However, most of the story just didn’t work for me.
I have no doubt that this will find the right audience who will enjoy it!

Want to thank NetGalley and Harper Audio and for this early audiobook..
Publishing Release Date scheduled for March 19, 2024.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. I will state upfront that I did DNF this title at 20%. I did enjoy the depth of Annie but Doug's and Roland's behaviors left me putting down the book several times. Ultimately I chose to DNF because of that.

Overall I know that this book might appeal to other but I feel like I am not the intended audience for this title.

The premise of this book drew me in, and I was hooked from the start. Annie's relationship with her owner was not what I was expecting and gave me a lot to think about. Annie's owner and technicians see Annie's circumstances as ideal, but the true implications of her circumstances are revealed as the reader delves deeper. While there were parts that could have been condensed, I found the ending satisfying. However, I would have appreciated more insight into the owner’s motivations and his relationships.

I enjoyed this book. It was interesting to see how Annie grew & evolved throughout the story. And it shows the lengths women will go through to please their man.

I loved this book. I cheered for Annie the whole time, eagerly waiting for Doug to get what was coming to him. Frankly, I think he deserved worse but good for Annie for being a nice human, I guess. This book got a lot of emotional response out of me. I hated Doug (and pretty much anyone who wasn't Annie, Delta, and sometimes Cody, let's be honest here) and I was angry for Annie and sad for her. Pretty much anything Annie felt, I felt too. Even those kinder moments toward Doug, even though I'm pretty sure that was mostly just pity.

I want everyone to read this book and I'll be forcing it on as many people as I can.

annie bot is a female rage-inciting story for fans of black mirror about how dangerous the combination of the rise of artificial intelligence and misogynoir under patriarchal oppression. although this story may be very triggering for people with similar experiences, it does a thorough job exploring the effects and cycles of abusive in romantic relationships and their effects (such as stockholm syndrome) through a speculative fiction lens as well as the impact of self-empowerment, self-compassion, and self-actualization. i haven’t hated a character as much as i hated the male main character in a long time as well as the (disturbingly familiar) world that justified and enabled him. this novel was one i couldn’t put down, but, feminists beware: buy a copy of this book, get a newfound sense of misandry free.

4.75/5

This was such an intriguing story; I had so much fun reading this. It was so interesting having a book told from an AI's point of view and see how she was growing and learning. It definitely makes you think about how we may see AI evolve in the real world.

The complexity of trying to think about how robots should be treated (whether or not they deserve the same respect as humans) and whether or not they can actually feel emotions was mind boggling. The philosophical aspects of this book will have me reeling for the foreseeable future.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Wow wow wow. I just know this book is going to be talked about a lot this year! I was truly sucked into this story from the beginning. It is so enthralling while also being incredibly hard to listen to at times. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say I am happy the ending didn't go where I thought it would, and yet was still very unexpected!

The narrator did the most fantastic job making annie feel both human and robotic at times. The depth of emotion was subtle but perfect for the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me listen early!

This book was both empowering to women but also patronizing to women. In general, this book is odd along with humanity explored which is intriguing.