Frank Burns reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ended up a DNF
3 stars
Still giving it three stars as it is Tchaikovsky but this was a slog for me. Sorry, Adrian.
EPUB, 373 pages
English language
Published March 5, 2024 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.
Still giving it three stars as it is Tchaikovsky but this was a slog for me. Sorry, Adrian.