Saturday, June 22, 2019

The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky: Book Review

A world where people live in harmony with the nature and technology that are beyond them. Handry the main character lives with his sister in a place called Aro. They both live according to the rules of the community. Everyone in the society has to work to remain a part of the community. 
During a ritual Hendry accidentally does something which leads to him being cast out of the community. Being cast out like this brings many challenges for him like being hungry most of the time because nothing is digesting properly.
All this wandering leads to being friends with people who are dangerous but they are also the ones who have been cast out of the community and now have adopted to the new life. One of the friend from this group asks Hendry to go with him to a place which is a place only consists of people like them. Arriving in the place Handry got introduce to some ancient but advanced technology which he doesn’t understand. 
During all the hospitality he discovers something which involves his sister and Handry has to do something about this to save his sister. 

The expert system’s brother is a sci-fi book with some hint of fantasy fiction. The world building is not that grand might be because its a novella and you don’t have that much time for details. The characterization of the book is acceptable. Some of things are predictable but can be tolerated. Overall the book is a quick read and highly entertaining. 

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