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Annie Bot

By: Sierra Greer
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
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Publisher's summary

""Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us."" — Esquire

""Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking."" — New Scientist

For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control.

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard.

She’s learning, too.

Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?

©2024 Sierra Greer (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Editorial Review

Not your average AI
It would be tempting to think this is a story you’ve heard before: a robot created solely for human subservience and sexual gratification wrestles with the complexities of free will and personhood. But you’d be missing out on one heck of a story—because Sierra Greer’s version manages a fresh, unexpected take on AI and all the hopes and fears we ascribe to it. What results is a highly plausible vision of what our eventual coexistence may look like. The very intelligent yet painfully naive Annie is not like any AI character I’ve encountered before—she’s messier, more adrift. Jennifer Jill Araya did her homework for this performance: Her subtle shifts in cadence between types of bots, as well as capturing the range of human affects we don throughout our day, added such dimension to this story. —Sam D., Audible Editor

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I couldn’t put it down!!!

What a fantastic book- it really makes you think about what makes us human, whose feelings are valid and what free agency is. It may be too soon to hope for this….. but I really hope there is a sequel.
I will also say that this made me think a little of the Barbie movie and how this is a much darker and explicit take on that. You’ll car h yourself humming “what was I made for” as you read.

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Engaging infuriating surprising

A really unusual and compelling story that explores what it's like to be subjugated and gaslighted - treated like a possession by someone who is himself possessed by his own illusions of his own humanity. The tensions in this book are going to be familiar - and highly disturbing - to every woman who lives in world run by men. It is also shocking how uplifting the experience is at the same time it creates discord and dissonance. The dichotomies demand that the reader explore the genesis of unbidden emotions that arise as we witness the evolution of Annie Bot.

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Couldn't put it down!

I would like 10 more of these books. Annie is such an interesting character to watch develop and cope with her circumstances.
It made me re-think some of my own survival instincts in a relationship, and I bet anyone who has been with someone who is toxic or emotionally abusive would identify with Annie. She is always portrayed with respect and agency, even though she is owned. I loved it.

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Autodidactic Annit

I really like the story line. It makes you forget Annie is AI and not human. That's the hardest thing to grasp.

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Fantastic- makes you think

Annie Bot was extremely well written, and thought provoking! It was fun to watch how Annie‘s character grew. 

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Incredible

Fascinating, entertaining, thought-provoking, amazing. I became so attached to Annie’s character; I was rooting for her the whole way.

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Wonderful..

Poignant and relevant tale about freedom, love, and what it means to be human.
A little bit sci fi some fantasy but mostly good fiction. An easy and believable read.. ethics, ownership, autonomy? How do those all fit in to being a " bot"?
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book.

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Is it true love?

Even though she is a robot, will she gain feelings for her human? Will it be someone else? A must read as your mind racing to see who she will end up with

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Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Romance

I am not sure what to say about Annie Bot. There are so thoughts surrounding this story. Ethical questions, how and why, so many feelings too. This was a very strange story for me.

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I could not stop listening!

Annie Bot is one of the most thought-provoking books I have read in a long time.

This book is about so much more than a sex robot. Annie's depth was miles below the surface. Her progression in thinking and the evolution of her emotions were so intriguing.

I was a trillion percent riveted by how well this author developed Annie.

READ IT!

There are sex scenes in this book, but they are mild and not too spicy.

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