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I went into this quite excited for a unique sci-fi mystery and a cool new trilogy to be immersed in but unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy the story and writing. 

It started off pretty interesting with the discovery and coming together of all the robot body parts but then it became almost an action rip-off of Pacific Rim where the majority of the focus is on controlling the robot and following this government agent / interrogator / interviewer around who’s trying to fix all the mess that they are causing with it. 

The interview format was cool to listen to and worked well as an audiobook, however I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn’t have to listen so much to the pompous interrogator who throughout sounded like a right prick with a rip-off Sherlock Holmes accent. Perhaps I would have enjoyed his character and this book a bit more if I had read a physical copy…

Unfortunately he turned out to be the central part of this book, which I think was a shame. Throughout he spoke down to everyone and would commit questionable acts to fulfil the mission, such as forcing the doctor to perform a surgery he didn’t agree to. He always sounded so obstinate and intense that I found it hard to find him very likeable. 

I also feel like it was really strange way to write a story too, especially the ‘live’ commentary during action sequences which just gave off an almost amateurish vibe. Then there are gaps of interesting moments between logs that I guess were simply too complex to write about in this style. In the end I just started to find it all a little boring. The ending was also meh, its only saving grace was the epilogue that quickly set up something for the second book. But I’m afraid I won’t be rushing to read it any time soon.