My Heart Is Human, Reese Hogan
My Heart Is Human, Reese Hogan
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My Heart Is Human

Author: Reese Hogan

Narrator: M.W. Cartozian Wilson

Unabridged: 13 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/11/2023


Synopsis

A single father fights to retain control as he shares his body and mind with an evolving AI

It’s been nine years since the government banned all technology. So when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five-year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is faced with a decision:
Go to the cops and risk prosecution? Or use the robot’s skills to turn his life around?

Scared of losing his daughter, Joel chooses the latter. Heightened intelligence and physical enhancements quickly land him a better job and a brighter future. But things take a sinister turn when Joel realizes his uninvited companion has an agenda of its own, which may or may not include leaving him in control.

Unable to approach the government who covered up the truth about AI sentience, Joel finds himself on the run. With his daughter’s life on the line and his own body turning against him, he must find a way to convince the bionic in his head to value his human life before he loses the chance forever.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy

Reese Hogan manages to combine his real-life love of music, along with his transgender struggles, into Joel’s plot predicament. And what a predicament it is! It is unfathomable to me how Hogan is able to seamlessly create circumstances that cause Joel to have a robot in his head, there is no way to......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

I was prepared to be disappointed. 10 pages in, the focus seemed to be on the plight of a poor man in a dystopian future - who is complaining about being misgendered by those around him in the midst of his personal transition. Quickly, though, it became clear there was far more to Joel – and the sto......more

I read this book in one sitting on a flight. That should indicate how captivated I was by the story. Joel is a compelling and relatable protagonist, and his evolution into a reluctant hero is one of the most believable character arcs in recent memory. There’s a sense of having boarded a runaway trai......more

Goodreads review by Bec

ASIN: ‎ B0C57HTVHH Publisher: ‎ Space Wizard Science Fantasy; 1st edition (July 11, 2023) Publication date: ‎ July 11, 2023 So, how would you convince a bionic robot that self-sacrifice, to protect an entire planet of humans, is the right thing to do? It has no concept of compassion beyond the basic,......more