My Reviews

This book is very thought provoking. Like the best ‘futuristic’ novels it starts from very close to where we are now and explores the implications of using robots to help us with our lives. It raises all sorts of issues about personal relationships. I found it a gripping read and will definitely recommend it to my book club as there is so much I want to discuss after reading it.

Normally not a fan of science fiction I found the prospect of the infiltration of robots made human (almost) not as outlandish as I first assumed. These creatures are believable and creepy. Too useful and compelling to dismiss. The descriptions of the settings were particularly evocative, Africa just as much as the familiar London streets. This is a novel impossible to put down.

Great story line and closer in reality than we all think...

This is as best I can tell, the debut book from this exciting new author. An engaging story that was a unique in concept and delivery. Cant wait to see number 2 book from this mystery author "Denham". Loved it!

Though I'm not particularly interested in either discussing or reading about the use of robots and the idea of their 'taking over', these themes are so well explored in this book that I was fascinated. As the relationships between humans and humanoid robots are revealed there are several unexpected developments, which the writer cleverly leaves for the reader's own interpretation. The differences between the male and female expectations of and reaction to the robots is also fascinating, as is the fact that it is Stella, the most dubious and reluctant, who chooses to employ one in the second part of … See more