I found The Companions incredibly thought provoking, invoking relentless questions about what it means to be human, to be alive, in an eerily plausible future where the lines aren't so clear. So let's break it on down, shall we?
What I Liked:
- • Again, holy thought provoking! This just made me think a lot. Like okay if you could continue your mind as a consciousness... would you? Should you? And what happens when people use this technology for evil (because gosh, you know they will)? And none of the answers are clear cut, honestly.
- • I loved the world, and that we got to see quite a lot of time pass. This book doesn't take place in a few days, or even a few years- it's decades, and it was a great choice. We really get to see how this technology changes lives, changes humanity, and I think it's brilliant.
- • The characters' stories are woven together, in a way that made me care about them. I will admit (and more on this in a bit) that there are a lot of characters introduced. And while it was a little overwhelming, I did enjoy that they all had a point in the grand scheme of things, and we followed many of them throughout the years.
- • It felt eerily plausible. I mean, we're so going to do something awful like this as a species, aren't we? We so are. And the way the author wrote the world felt realistic as well.
- • Also, the atmosphere was incredibly on point. Because it felt kind of the way you'd expect it would feel when you start stealing people's memories and redefine what makes someone "alive".
What I Didn't:
- • Like I said, there are a lot of POV characters. Which at times became a bit confusing, because I couldn't quite place them all immediately. And perhaps a few of them were extraneous.