Now, Henry is strong, clever, loving, and scarily capable: Lydia’s built herself the perfect boyfriend in a hard drive filled with lines of code. To whom would you recommend this book? This was a quick read, so it could be a suggestion for high-low readers looking for a thriller.Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years – since before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares since before her Dad walked out, leaving her and her mom painfully alone, since before her best friend turned into her worst enemy. The science fiction elements thus regress to off-screen magic, which greatly reduced Lydia’s agency. Although the plot revolves around coding and hacking, there’s almost none in the book Henry is complete when the story opens and continues to evolve without any help from Lydia.
None of the characters are especially fleshed out or appealing. All the main characters cue as White.Īnything you didn’t like about it? Despite its intriguing premise, the book felt underdeveloped and choppy. I liked the idea of a female coding genius, and the creepy sociopathic AI had a lot of potential. A stint in a mental hospital and Mission Impossible-style subterfuge quickly follow, and the book ends with Lydia locking down a job as a government-sponsored hacker. Through an implant, he even manages to induce physical responses in Lydia and soon makes plans to inhabit a live body. Neglected by her traumatized and depressed mom, Lydia allows Henry to become her sole emotional touchstone and he eventually transcends his mainframe.
Henry and Lydia are soon cheerfully and immorally hacking banks, iPhones, and school records. What did you like about the book? Lydia’s a grieving teen who’s poured all of her time and energy (after her little brother’s death in a car accident and Dad’s subsequent abandonment) into developing a life-like AI named Henry.
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 2
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