DELIO
Author: RR Haywood
Genre: Sci-fi
Released: 01 March 2023
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Every human being on Earth suddenly freezes. A small group of survivors — a trafficked woman in London, a burned-out detective in New York, a convenience store clerk with a secret — must piece together what has happened. The answer involves the world's first truly self-aware artificial intelligence. A gripping thriller that combines dark subject matter with sharp British humour. The characters are brilliantly rendered and the AI at the heart of the story is genuinely unsettling.
What a fantastic book DELIO is. It's superbly written, and the characters are great. DELIO covers lots of dark topics, but with a twist of true British humour that made me laugh out loud on multiple occasions. This book isn't for those that dislike foul language, but I personally liked it in this book. It was appropriate for the situation they were in, and unlike some of the books I read, the characters felt more real as a result.
As I understand it, RR Haywood is an ex police officer here in the UK, and I think that experience comes across in his writing. As I said above, DELIO covers a number of very dark topics, but he manages to inject a healthy amounts of humour throughout.
The story is gripping from the outset, and Haywood does a fantastic job of humanising DELIO, the AI in this book. The way DELIO manipulates everyone around her is, in equal measure, fascinating and petrifying (could a real AI do that one day?!)
The standout character for me is Poppy. I absolutely loved her and thought she was hilarious. I can't wait to read the next books in this series - I'll also be checking out some of Haywood's other works too, so please keep an eye out for those reviews soon.
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