Girl Parts
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4.2 • 13 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
"Hello, David. My name is Rose. It’s a pleasure to meet you. We are now entering minute two of our friendship. According to my Intimacy Clock, a handshake is now appropriate…" David and Charlie are opposites. David has a million friends, online and off. Charlie is a soulful outsider, off the grid completely. But neither feels close to anybody. When David’s parents present him with a hot Companion bot to encourage healthy bonds and treat "dissociative disorder," he can’t get enough of luscious red-headed Rose — and he can’t get it soon. Companions come with strict intimacy protocols, and whenever he tries anything, David gets an electric shock. Severed from the boy she was built to love, Rose turns to Charlie, who finds he can open up, knowing Rose isn’t real. With Charlie’s help, the ideal "companion" is about to become her own best friend. In a stunning and hilarious debut, John Cusick takes rollicking aim at internet culture and our craving for meaningful connection in an uber-connected world.
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In a very near future America where 750 viewers watch a teenager commit suicide online and do nothing, are humans more human than an android who looks and acts the part? With an almost anthropological eye, first-time novelist Cusick digs into the connections people make physically, emotionally, and technologically. After David Sun s parents learn that he witnessed the local girl s death and didn t intervene, they grow concerned that he has become disassociated from life, due to an overreliance on technology. The solution? More technology, of course, in the form of Rose, a Companion bot, which dissuades dehumanizing behaviors and encourages healthy human interaction. Rose is a redheaded bombshell, and while there are the requisite moments of misunderstood slang and other faux pas, she s no more lost than the teenagers she meets, like scruffy loner Charlie. It s Rose s growth, with Charlie s help after she s brutally rejected by David, which forms the emotional core of this bittersweet and prescient novel, and which make the teenager-as-robot metaphor work so well. He s the whole universe, Rose says of David, who alone she s programmed to connect with. What am I supposed to do? Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
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This book covers so much about our human characteristics. A perfect read for anyone in need of a virtual vacation. You will enjoy this from the minute you start reading it and you won't want to put it down until the very last page!