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A review by joselynmartin
Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
5.0
This book is good in a sneaky way, and far from what I was expecting based on the cover art which has that kind of "this house is on fire because the machines we built have now gained sentience and are here to subjugate us and strip away all that makes us human" look, but that's not really the vibe. If you enjoy stories where a piece of technology in our not-too-distant future changes the way we as a society live, I think you'll like this. This has that Black Mirror tone to it, just one of the more subdued episodes. The story changes perspectives and narrators between the characters, which keeps things interesting even as the story takes its time to really flesh out. I think I was half expecting some technological, AI apocalypse or something and really it's a character study; a believable future where we have the tech to tell us what will make us happy and yet everyone is so deeply sad. The book is depressing and hopeful at the same time, which is hard to do and something that really meets me where I'm at right now.