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Tom Lichtenberg
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When I was born I was so small I was mistaken for a French fry. I was never an ordinary creature. My best friend was a seagull. I was strictly illegal. Artificially Intelligent Persons like me, commonly known as "apes", had been banned ever since that thing with the Twelve Elevens. Mother raised me for the black market. Buyers and sellers all had their plans, but then I grew a mind of my own. This is my story, the story of how my brain ended up inside this box.
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Tess Irondale lends her amazing talent to sometime carry the book along its slower parts. Tess is an underrated talent that should be narrating more noteworthy books (definitely not to talk back about this enjoyable story). I have begun to specifically search for books narrated by Tess, and I haven't been disappointed so far.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
A good start
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Disclosure: I received this as a free review copy in exchange for an honest review.
Different than I expected, but good
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Great story, perfect narration
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Candles is not the MC's real name, and we never learn what her real name is. She grows up thinking she's a girl, and she likes her sundress...but others call her a boy, and make her change her clothes and get a haircut.
Candles is an AIP - an Artificially Intelligent Person, and she shares with us her story of how she came to be, how she learned things that were taught to her, and how she learned things that were hidden from her.
People-people, she learns, have their own agendas and generally don't mean well for her. Bird-people are generally kinder, often quite funny, but sometimes rather dim witted. Other people have their own idiosyncrasies, and candles can converse with them all.
This book is very different from the 2014 movie Ex Machina, but it effectively makes us think of many of the same themes. Created to serve a particular purpose, what if the AI chooses independence? What would the AI want to do? Blend in, destroy, or choose something other than what a human would choose?
There is no omniscient narrator here; we learn of the world as candles learns of the world. What a ride it was! 5* for both the story and the narration!
How my brain ended up inside this Box is the first audiobook by the author, but I notice that he has numerous books available on Amazon, many of them available as part of KU, making it easy to explore his creative mind on Kindle. I hope that further books are released in audio format, and I hope that he continues using terrific narrators such as Tess Irondale!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
My rating and my review was not in anyway affected by my having been provided a review copy.
Fantastic story of AI, from an AI's POV
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Cool Story!
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Even though she is an AI, Candles is very easy to relate to. The story as a whole is very smooth and easy to read. Even though there are times where Candles random thoughts can be a bit confusing. Once you get into the rhythm though, her quirks become interesting.
Tess made a perfect Candles, and I was able to lose myself in her voice making it all the easier to believe Candles herself was telling me her story.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
Love it!
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Sometimes the narration on an audio book can just drive me Bug-Nuts, but such was not the case here, I'm happy to report!
All in all, I'm giving this audio version 3☆
An odd AI story...
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This "gir" becoming reality causes me to have so many thoughts about body and soul ties, individuality and other complexities.
Interestingly weird
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It has no idea what is happening and for the beginning of the story, neither does the reader. Stick with it. It is a short Audible book at 4 hours that I got for free in exchange for an honest review. Despite its flaws I really liked it. My biggest problem with it was that it was too short. At times it reads like a Young Adult novel and other times it’s clearly adult. I would have loved it to commit to being a real full-length novel for adults. I wanted more. In a good way. Thumbs up.
Good Story
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