Matt Haig has reached an exalted status in my household.

If these great storytellers write a new book, well, I want to read it. The other authors that I also trust this much are Stephen King, David Gemmell, Guy Gavriel Kay, Ursula Le Guin, Robin Hobb and William Horwood. Certain authors you trust and will read their work regardless of subject matter as you just feel safe in their hands, safe in the knowledge that whatever they write about, it will undoubtedly be engaging and very well written. I had chosen to read the book not because its synopsis appealed (I didn't even read it before requesting a review copy from Netgalley) but simply because it was written by Matt Haig. And when Audrey is placed in terrible danger, he's determined to save her.īefore reading Echo Boy I realised something that I found very interesting. feelings he was not designed to have and cannot explain. Into her world comes Daniel, an Enhanced Computerized Humanoid Organism (Echo) who has feelings for Audrey. It offers a vision of what day-to-day life may be like in the next century, exploring the likely advancements in technology and artificial intelligence while telling a tale of love, loss, betrayal and corruption.Īt the story’s centre is Audrey, whose father has taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she has to build a moat around herself a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams. Echo Boy by Nestlé Smarties Book Prize winner Matt Haig is a stand-alone science/speculative-fiction novel set exactly 100 years in the future.

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