Title: Emily Eternal
Author: M.G. Wheaton
Pages: 304
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date: 23rd April 2019
Blurb from Goodreads:
Meet
Emily - she can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the
mind's deepest secrets and even fix your truck's air con, but
unfortunately, she can't restart the Sun.
She's an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help
humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun
begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was
supposed to.
So, her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is,
until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome.
But before her solution can be tested, her lab is brutally attacked,
and Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions -
college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra.
As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race
against time to save humanity. But before long it becomes clear that
it's not only the species at stake, but also that which makes us most
human.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley*
Emily is an
artificial consciousness. She was designed to help humans, which is
good because the human race needs all the help it can get when the
sun starts dying billions of years before it's meant to.
Humankind might have
a chance to survive when Emily finds hope in the human genome, but
then her lab is attacked. Emily finds herself on the run with human
companions.
In a race against
time, Emily must try to evade the people that attacked the lab, and
find a way to save the human race.
Will she succeed?
Going into Emily
Eternal, I was expecting to love it - science, an apocalypse, and a
race against time? Those things are right up my street!
Unfortunately, I was disappointed.
From the first page
I struggled to get into the plot and to connect with the characters
due to the writing style.
I persevered,
however, despite debating DNFing at several points. Part of me wishes
that I had given up, because I didn't particularly enjoy what I read.
I usually would have stopped reading this instead of finishing it,
but I wanted to give it another chance to grab my attention because
it had all the ingredients to be something that I should have
enjoyed. I did find myself skim-reading at several points.
The idea of an
artificial consciousness was interesting and I like the cover, but
those are the only positives for me.
I'm really
disappointed that I didn't enjoy this more.
Overall this was an
okay, but disappointing read.
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