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The characters in this book were insufferable most of the time and I don't feel as though their "growth" throughout the book was enough to make this read worth it. LOVE the concept of AI psychology and would love to explore that more. I'm very into rap culture and enjoyed that aspect of the book. HOWEVER, the lyrics written by Adrien were so painfully cringey. Overall - love the concept, not a fan of the story surrounding it.

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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

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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!!!

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