The Companions
by Katie M. Flynn
We are in the midst of a pandemic. Covid-19 is making history as it infects and takes lives around the world. The Companions couldn't come out at a better time or so I thought until I started to read it and found out that the virus in the book have very little to do with the actual story. It's just background information. A virus has hit resulting in mass deaths, people are under quarantine, borders are closed and companions become common place. They are robots, that act and look human to different degrees dependent upon what you can afford. Companions (some) develop consciousness and our main character companion, Lilac enters the story. Lilac was murdered as a teen and she has been "uploaded" into a companion. Lilac goes rouge and and bunch of other characters both human and companion enter the story. Eight or maybe more (I lost count) viewpoints are told centering around Lilac as she hops from body to body.
This book is strange and I am not sure what exactly to make out of it. Do I like it? Not sure but I finished reading it so that must mean something, right? Perhaps it's a bit too sci-fiction for me. I wanted to read about the virus, what it was, how it affected people, the breakdown of society and the sociological ramifications of these changes instead I got robots, quarantines and humans.
I can say this though. It's really quite fascinating to read a book about (a pandemic) in real time.
* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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