![]() ![]() Dex replies with (something like) they are the same, and their pronoun is "they". The sore-thumb moment is when Dex asks, interestingly, what pronoun the Robot uses, and the Robot responds with "it" and it refers to itself as an object. This led to my own confusion regularly thinking the lines I was reading was referring to Dex and another character that was in the scene. Dex is neither "he" or "she", so Chamber's settles with using the "they" pronoun. ![]() It was like the Dex character could be challenged and some real depth was offered (for better or worse for Dex's personality).īut what I did struggle with was the language and the odd shoehorning of gender pronouns. ![]() Obviously it's an impossible measure as life trondles forward and achievements change with time.įor me it was only really when Dex meets the Robot (whose name I've already forgotten) when the book became more engaging. Their work has meaning to others but they're left feeling empty. The Dex character feels discontent with their achievements and is struggling to find fulfilling meaning. Using air quotes in my description because I'm fairly sure this is a patronising statement I'm making! ![]() Only right at the end of the book did I consider that maybe I really wasn't the right audience for the story - as it seemed to smack of "millennium type problems". Lovely but I found the language almost too distracting. ![]()
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