After family tragedy some people move from one house to another house, the new house is built with space age technology. Cortana on steroids is in control of doors and coffee making, you know, the essentials, like a robot butler. What can possibly go wrong?
Throughout this read I drifted to the 1977 film Demon Seed (adapted from Dean Koontz's book), which was about a highly similar robotic house, who turned on the new owners who incidentally also had a recently dead daughter. I hope that Cortana2 will just give them cold coffee, leave them locked out or spray their bottoms with cold water rather than warm for the Japanese toilet’s bidet function. I think this similarity to the film will be too off-putting and potentially plagiaristic for my enjoyment.
The character development is a bit slow but good, mother and father, sad child all fit in their place, but none of them warmed to me so I wouldn’t miss them if they were ousted from the Big Brother house.
Controversially Cortana2 has a female accent, I think the writer could have challenged the sexist view that women should serve, even when in robot form. But the female architect was good, although deeply weird and not too realistic. She was a strong female character, very much in control and confident, hopefully she will develop further into a fun character.
The main point of intrigue is where this house will take the young and recently bereft family, will Cortana2 help the family get over the death of the silent girls's twin? Or will it hinder? Is the architect all that she seems, will she control her house for some nefarious purpose? This is my kind of book, it could be good, but the writing hasn't hooked me and the concept has not brought enough originality in these 30 pages to capture my readership. However, I will be seeking the 1973 Dean Koontz book Demon Seed, written from the perspective of the heroine and the computer house, what a great concept.
Throughout this read I drifted to the 1977 film Demon Seed (adapted from Dean Koontz's book), which was about a highly similar robotic house, who turned on the new owners who incidentally also had a recently dead daughter. I hope that Cortana2 will just give them cold coffee, leave them locked out or spray their bottoms with cold water rather than warm for the Japanese toilet’s bidet function. I think this similarity to the film will be too off-putting and potentially plagiaristic for my enjoyment.
The character development is a bit slow but good, mother and father, sad child all fit in their place, but none of them warmed to me so I wouldn’t miss them if they were ousted from the Big Brother house.
Controversially Cortana2 has a female accent, I think the writer could have challenged the sexist view that women should serve, even when in robot form. But the female architect was good, although deeply weird and not too realistic. She was a strong female character, very much in control and confident, hopefully she will develop further into a fun character.
The main point of intrigue is where this house will take the young and recently bereft family, will Cortana2 help the family get over the death of the silent girls's twin? Or will it hinder? Is the architect all that she seems, will she control her house for some nefarious purpose? This is my kind of book, it could be good, but the writing hasn't hooked me and the concept has not brought enough originality in these 30 pages to capture my readership. However, I will be seeking the 1973 Dean Koontz book Demon Seed, written from the perspective of the heroine and the computer house, what a great concept.