Joanne S.

So bad I trired to return it

Revisado: 02-05-17

Bad writing, annoyingly overdone adjectives and similes. Annoying narration. It made me angry to listen to it.

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The Help Without Toilets (or their Contents)

Revisado: 06-13-14

Would you consider the audio edition of Robot Proletariat, Season One to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version, but would guess I would prefer the audio.

What did you like best about this story?

Fast paced, Social issues important but they don't get in the way of the story.

Which character – as performed by Simon Whistler – was your favorite?

Cromwell

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Everything you wanted to know about robots but were afraid to ask

Any additional comments?

Although I rarely read science fiction these days, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. It isn't just a genre piece and has a unique voice. Without getting in the way of of its fast paced, entertaining story, the series has you deeply caring about the robots and about their distress. While it is somewhat reminiscent of The Help, it has more challenges and does an outstanding job of meeting them. What would The Help be without toilets and what's supposed to go in them? You can't use that sort of intimate humanity to ramp up your readers' emotions when you're dealing with robots. In addition, the story line isn't just about the robots and their plight. There's a murder thrown in for good measure.

I was very happy that my concern about it being the first season in a series of seasons turned out to be unwarranted. I hate books that don't resolve things in order to force you to buy the next book. The authors don't do that in this series. The story is complete and satisfying. Once they've satisfied you they drop a truly enticing bit of bait to get you interested in the next season. It really worked for me. I am dying to see what they do in the next season, but I don't feel at all cheated by this season.

A head's up for parents, there's some pretty frank talk about sexual practices; this isn't a kid's book For those adults who prefer things not to be too explicit, this book will be fine. There's talk, but no explicit sex scenes. The two sex-bot characters are a lot of fun and are three-dimensional enough to surprise you at points in the story.

One quibble: The narration seemed a bit hurried at the beginning, although it worked with the fast-paced story once I got used to it.

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