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I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

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Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

Fantastic book, horrible editing

Weapon - Robert Mason

The editing wasn't so bad that it was every paragraph, but just bad enough to be embarrassing.   It was also a print book originally, so I assume that it was scanned and just pushed through.   

 

Very rarely do I highly rate poorly edited books, but this was one where the editing took second place to how much I liked the story.   I was going to provide examples, but can't find the highlights on my Kindle.   

 

I loved how real and researched it felt.   The afterward has a bibliography for those interested in artificial intelligence, along with a synopsis of what the books and/or articles are as well as some quick, general notes about the pieces. 

 

I really liked Solo.   He didn't think like a human, but he was very sympathetic: he didn't want to do what he was programmed to do, but had no recourse at first.   He was meant to be a killer for the army and what he wanted to do was study things, particularly nature.   

 

There's a lot of history involved here, and you're not given all that much detailed background about the socio-political situation in Nicaragua.   That being said, you don't really need it: what you do need is the slow introductions to the characters in Nicaraguan village.   And unfortunately it is very slow, and I had a lot of trouble getting through it at first, but it's worth it all.   In retrospect, I don't think I'd have gotten why Solo ended up in that village, why they helped him, how much they came to mean to him - or him to them - without that slow buildup. 

 

Also, seeing how Solo has been indoctrinated - and that is the word used to describe the procedure - and how he slowly breaks free is fascinating.   Loved it.   Wished it had been edited with more competency, though.   One half-star down for the lack of editing.