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