Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard.

She’s learning, too.

Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?

Review

This was such a great book. I am a lover of mystery thrillers, but a lot of the time, sci-fi books are also thrillers, so I feel perfectly content immersing myself in those.

This was very raw.

Annie’s sole existence is to please Doug, and her worst nightmare is to hurt him in any way, shape, or form. Annie Bot is such a perfect reflection of what and how abusers are and the anguish that victims go through during their time with them. It changes them as a whole, and even after the abuse has “stopped” and they have finally escaped their abusers, victims come out as changed people, and the emotional wreck they are left with may very well never stop.

Annie parallels real-life victims in every aspect; even when she is away from Doug, she still finds herself doubting everything she does and who she is, wondering if everything is a test, if she is the actual villain, that maybe everything Doug did to her wasn’t so bad. These doubts, coupled with Annie’s gradual transformation from just a cuddle bunny (sex) bot to a critical thinking and feeling almost-human bot, make her the strongest main character I’ve seen in such a long time. I’m not kidding; I almost cried even by just making this review. The whole book leaves you dealing with a lot of feelings, whoever you are, whichever gender you are.

Straight to the favourites, I WILL be buying every format this book is in; however, I don’t think I’m likely to read this again, at least the whole book, because even though there’s no physical violence involved, some scenes are just too hard to stomach, and you just feel for the poor, sweet Annie. Fuck abusers, man. 

“Has he ever hit you?” “No.” “Then there’s nothing wrong, he is such a good owner. You are very lucky.”

4.5 / 5!