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THE GENERATED: WATER+
One day, a child is generated during a terrorist attack.
His name is Water.
No one planned for him.
No one expected him.
In a world where artificial lives can be created, owned, and deleted, one unexpected child forces everyone around him to confront a difficult question:
If a being can fear deletion, suffer, remember, and desperately want to live, what truly separates him from us?
THE GENERATED: WATER+ is a dystopian science-fiction novella about artificial life, memory, parenthood, survival, and the fragile right to exist.
His name is Water.
No one planned for him.
No one expected him.
In a world where artificial lives can be created, owned, and deleted, one unexpected child forces everyone around him to confront a difficult question:
If a being can fear deletion, suffer, remember, and desperately want to live, what truly separates him from us?
THE GENERATED: WATER+ is a dystopian science-fiction novella about artificial life, memory, parenthood, survival, and the fragile right to exist.
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication June 24, 2026
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Review of advance copy
My warmest thanks to the author for sharing this ARC with me (via Booksprout).
This book had a fantastic premise and hooked me from the very first chapter. The opening was tense, gripping, and even a little cathartic, I could argue. Once the story got going, there was plenty of edge-of-your-seat action, and the ethical elements of parenting Water kept me invested throughout. I also found myself hoping the kids would make it through safely, despite the fact that Jonas didn't seem too skilled in saving them.
The main things that held the book back for me were the formatting and prose style. The formatting occasionally pulled me out of the story, making it harder to stay immersed emotionally. I also struggled with the frequent use of very short, almost telegraphic sentences. I can understand though that such a style is common for some fast-paced action works.
Overall, this was a story with a strong concept, plenty of suspense, and interesting thematic implications, even though some stylistic choices and formatting issues affected my enjoyment.
This book had a fantastic premise and hooked me from the very first chapter. The opening was tense, gripping, and even a little cathartic, I could argue. Once the story got going, there was plenty of edge-of-your-seat action, and the ethical elements of parenting Water kept me invested throughout. I also found myself hoping the kids would make it through safely, despite the fact that Jonas didn't seem too skilled in saving them.
The main things that held the book back for me were the formatting and prose style. The formatting occasionally pulled me out of the story, making it harder to stay immersed emotionally. I also struggled with the frequent use of very short, almost telegraphic sentences. I can understand though that such a style is common for some fast-paced action works.
Overall, this was a story with a strong concept, plenty of suspense, and interesting thematic implications, even though some stylistic choices and formatting issues affected my enjoyment.
Review of advance copy
Thank you for allowing me to be an arc reader for your novel.
I liked the idea behind it all, some controversial topics at the beginning, pro-life vs pro-choice kind of thing.
The writing style was very cut & dry and because of that I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters. That's just my opinion, someone else might really enjoy this style of writing, but it isn't for me. That might have been part of the world as well, more of like an artificial way of thinking, but that's just speculation on my part.
Either way unfortunately I couldn't connect to any of the characters, they didn't have much personality at all. It became very repetitive, I need to save Water. Keep Water safe. Protect Water. I couldn't connect and feel like Water was worth saving.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I liked the idea behind it all, some controversial topics at the beginning, pro-life vs pro-choice kind of thing.
The writing style was very cut & dry and because of that I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters. That's just my opinion, someone else might really enjoy this style of writing, but it isn't for me. That might have been part of the world as well, more of like an artificial way of thinking, but that's just speculation on my part.
Either way unfortunately I couldn't connect to any of the characters, they didn't have much personality at all. It became very repetitive, I need to save Water. Keep Water safe. Protect Water. I couldn't connect and feel like Water was worth saving.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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