{"id":214607,"date":"2024-03-18T22:15:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/annie-bot-review-a-sharp-take-on-a-sex-robot-that-becomes-human\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:25","slug":"annie-bot-review-a-sharp-take-on-a-sex-robot-that-becomes-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/annie-bot-review-a-sharp-take-on-a-sex-robot-that-becomes-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Annie Bot is hard-coded to please her owner\/partner<\/p>\n

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Sierra Greer (The Borough Press (UK), available now; Mariner Books (US), on sale 19 March)<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANNIE BOT<\/i> is the story of a robot<\/a> who lives with her human owner, Doug, in a New York apartment. I opened the novel with low hopes, because the idea of a robot learning to be human, then chafing at its bonds, seemed a bit old hat. How wrong I was. Right from the first page, the book is coruscating, unexpected and subtle. I picked\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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