I enjoyed this series and was really able to identify with it even though it was set well in to the future. The stories are well written and move fast. ( )

Based on the glowing reviews I'd seen, I bought an ebook omnibus containing the four novels that make up David Simpson's "Post-Human" series, which explores what happens when AI becomes real.

I didn't make it through the first book, "Sub-Human".

"Sub-Human" is packed with informed ideas about AI and its consequences. It has action on every page. The plot is very fast paced. It would make a great comic (Graphic Novel if that makes you feel more grown-up) or a TV series.

As a novel, it is so under-written that it would make the average TV script for "Agents of Shield" seem like densely-written literature.

There is no characterisation, no empathy for the people and their situation, just a dash through action scenes that act as vehicles to test out AI concepts.

The level of insight into what makes people tick was so low that, if there was a Turing Test for novels, this book would fail it.

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Love the technology

This series has detailed yet understandable theories about how technology, how it could change us, and how we may come to change our definition of human. Fascinating technology,great story, and unexpected twists and turns. ( )

I picked these up because they were on a free weekend sale on Amazon and was very impressed! The author tells a fun, interesting story, weaving the perils and merits of high technology (AI, nanotech, etc) into a story I was sorry came to a conclusion. He does like to leave things with cliffhangers, it seems!

I'll be looking forward to book 6. ( )

I actually only read 1-3. I couldn't commit to one more. The characters were amazingly boring. The plot was both slow and plodding, then with bursts of kind of boring action that followed suit in all three books.

I'm glad the character I thought was the main character wasn't because he was immensely boring to read. Not that the actual "Main" character was any better. Add that characters go from strong and passionate about their story to 5th level characters with little actual personality. One simply became a whole new person it seems.

So yeah, made it 75% before throwing in the towel, and don't care at all how the series wraps up. ( )