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4.00 avg
1 reviews
400 pages
2024
Fiction
Science Fiction
Adventure
Dystopian
Post Apocalyptic
Michael Shotter
April 30, 2026
Rating
4.0

An interesting take on the "robot apocalypse."

As someone who's read a lot of speculative fiction, many of the concepts and themes at play in "Service Model" were more than a little familiar to me. Thus, the things that made it an intriguing and worthwhile read are those it does differently from the many tales warning of humanity's potential downfall I've previously encountered, which I won't spoil here. Fortunately, there was just enough of that to keep me interested and turning pages despite feeling on several occasions throughout the read that the book was a bit longer and more plodding than would have been ideal. Still, I'd concede that readers less accustomed to such tales might find the story's length and attention to detail more desirable and satisfying than I did. Additionally, the quality of the writing went a long way toward making any familiar or subjectively drawn-out aspects decidedly more palatable than they otherwise would have been.

All things considered, I enjoyed "Service Model" and would generally recommend it to fans of speculative fiction as I believe it has a lot to offer various types of readers possessing different levels of experience with the genre.

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