"Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home laboratory, has achieved the discovery of his career: he has created artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William. No one knows about William. ... Henry's agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on William keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife Lily. When Lily's coworkers show up one day, wanting to finally meet Henry and see their new house, the smartest-of-smart ...
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"Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home laboratory, has achieved the discovery of his career: he has created artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William. No one knows about William. ... Henry's agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on William keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife Lily. When Lily's coworkers show up one day, wanting to finally meet Henry and see their new house, the smartest-of-smart-homes, things start to go wrong. Because William can 'talk' to the house, and it turns out he's not a fan of visitors--especially not the man who seems to know Lily a little too well. Soon Henry and Lily discover the security upgrades they wanted to keep danger out are even better at locking people in"--
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It's almost Spooky Season! I love October book releases as a chance to indulge my love of the Horror genre. My first October release read for 2024 is William.
Henry is an engineer, a tinkerer and creator of robots - his latest creation William is a robot with Artificial Intelligence. However, when his wife brings her colleagues over to see William, William seems to have his own plans...
AI is a bit of a hot topic at the moment, and this horror really taps into the convenience of technology working against its owners. I loved the idea of a smart home going wrong, with doors locking and appliances being switched on by themselves. There are some truly gory moments within the novel which kept me gripped.
I really empathised with Henry and Lily throughout, but I think the colleagues lacked a bit of depth. Paige in particular had a brilliant story arc but the fact she came off as quite unlikeable and one-sided hindered the impact of this. I think this is actually a 3-star read but I really enjoyed the cleverness of the ending which added a star in my opinion.
Overall, William is a chilling read to kick off the Halloween season - I certainly won't be installing smart locks in my home after reading it! Thank you to NetGalley & John Murray Press - Baskerville for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
