This is not like the books I usually read, so it is hard to review this. One question I kept returning to was: What is the point? I am not familiar with slice of life books with lessons picked up on throughout. The writing was really good, if long at some points. I like how we really got into Adrian's and Maquie's brains - their thoughts, their actions, the way they processed life. I think I should have read this book slower to pick up on more of the lessons, but it had already been five days and I didn't necessarily look forward to reading this (I think I'm too dumb for his writing?)

The rap aspects of this book was interesting because I came into this with certain biases that were neither confirmed nor denied, leaving me with a feeling of inconclusiveness. The psychology aspect was verging on dystopian, but I don't know if that was necessarily the vibe the author was going for. Overall, I have no idea how to feel about this book because it was so much and yet nothing at all

This was a very interesting book, the AI and future of therapy utilizing AI was so interesting to imagine. I thought this book was just not executed that well. I think the writing was a bit weak, i did not like the coverart, and I was just expecting more out of this book. Overall, I was not too impressed, even though I loved the concept

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!