Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


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This book gets 3 stars because I honestly don't know whether I liked it or not. It's fiction but resembles a memoir. It contains an element of science fiction, but this part doesn't begin until close to the end of the book. In many respects it's quite nihilistic. The plot is paper thin until near the end when the protagonist decides to rescue a robot. I don't know if there's any character development, but we do learn more about the characters as the book progresses, although we may not want to. It reminded me a bit of the old Smothers Brothers routine of 'mom always liked you best', albeit without the humour. I listened to the audio version, and the reader was excellent. She spoke in a very clipped no-nonsense tone, and I could almost swear I've heard her voice before, but where and when eludes me. While I don't know, and have never met the reader, I'm certain someone I know shares her voice inflections. In any event I can't say I enjoyed the book, but it was great for listening to while doing other things. The narrator kept rattling around in the background and it was as if someone was relating something over coffee and just chatting on whether I was interested or not.



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