Autonomous

Newitz depicts an interesting (if dystopian) world in this novel. I also appreciated the handling of the issue of autonomy of persons which gets treated from different angles. It's pretty violent, though, and I felt like the question of wrongdoing was brushed over in the end. Two of the characters are basically the baddies and yet we seem to be expected to be okay with that. The main protagonist is also rather grey in her morals, and that isn't examined, either. It was a captivating listen but some things were a bit unbelievable to me or came off as forced.

There's some scientific explanation but it's needed for the story, so it's well done. You also get to emotionally bond with the characters, which is rare in the 'harder' sci-fi. Very enjoyable.