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*4.5 stars*
This brilliant and heartfelt novel is about a tender father/daughter relationship, identity struggles and triumphs, and what it truly means to be human. Moore blends the story of Ada discovering her father David’s past after he becomes ill and can no longer communicate it to her with the story of David and Ada’s science lab creating a computer program that can think and even feel like a human. The novel is so well written, emotionally resonant (my favorite type of book!), smart, and c ...more
This brilliant and heartfelt novel is about a tender father/daughter relationship, identity struggles and triumphs, and what it truly means to be human. Moore blends the story of Ada discovering her father David’s past after he becomes ill and can no longer communicate it to her with the story of David and Ada’s science lab creating a computer program that can think and even feel like a human. The novel is so well written, emotionally resonant (my favorite type of book!), smart, and c ...more

I read Heft by Liz Moore back in 2012 and liked it so much that later I frequently looked to see if she had written anything new. So when Unseen World came out, I knew I had to read it. This is an amazing book. I am not going to give away the plot, because I think this book was amazing because I knew nothing about it before I started it.
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