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Siri & Me: A Modern Love Story (2012)

by David Milgrim(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399161597 (ISBN13: 9780399161599)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Blue Rider Press

review 1: Siri & Me by David Milgrim is an interesting one, but you likely need to be an iPhone user to truly find the humor in this one. That being said, it’s short, a quick read and a bit fun.For those who don’t know, Siri is the electronic sweetheart of many. She’s the voice behind the system in iPhone where you can get information about many things. Do a Google search for Siri and you’ll find so many funny things that she says.The book isn’t long. The print version shows it being 112 pages. I read half of it one day and the other half the next, so an extremely quick read. As of now, Amazon doesn’t show a true Kindle version of the book available to purchase, but the print version is.It’s a simple and enjoyable story, especially if you have the iPhone or are into te... morechnology and get what Siri is all about.The GoodThe story line.Basically, boy finds Siri. Boy falls for Siri. And who can blame him? The book is a modern-day, technology love story. More than that, the written parts of the book are quite small as it’s loaded with cartoons and those are excellent.I enjoyed the dialogue and the characters. And, to be honest, as much as I liked the main character, as well as shutterbug Iris, the dog was a fine addition to the book. In fact, I might say he’s my favorite in the book.The BadThe version of the book I have is a Kindle version, but it notes in the beginning it’s not the finished copy. Therefore, while some things were annoying (formatting, a few capitalization issues, style and paragraph numbers all over), I can’t truly count that against the book’s rating. After all, I knew what I was getting into when I got this copy. Still, in case others get a pre-release copy, this is a warning.Outside of that, I can’t think of many things. There were a few little things and there were times I felt I was supposed to laugh, but didn’t. Almost like the humor was being forced. But the story helped get through those parts, so it’s not a big issue.Overall thoughtsThough a decent read, I’m not sure how much I’d pay for it — maybe four or five bucks for a print version — as it’s something that’s a quick read. When I get books, I always look at the price compared to substance. Though this is a good story and was interesting reading, I was done with it in a couple of hours and I went somewhat slow with it. I think an e-version is smart — Kindle, iPad etc. — because if it’s priced right, say 99 cents, I can see where it could be an easy purchase.That being said, it’s a quirky and fun book, which could make it easy to pick up and go through a second or third time and still find a few laughs. If you are into iPhones and Siri and laugh at things like this, I’d recommend the book.I’d give it a 3.5/5, bumping it to a 4 here.
review 2: This cute little book was about a man who loved his gadgets so much that he got mixed up in love with them, one being of course, Siri.I thought the idea for this book was great. Each little chapter was short with nice comic art throughout. It was great to see how he putted together the lives of people who live on technology daily, without the need for human interaction all the time.Of course the nice thing about this story is that it comes full circle in the end for the main character. So if you plan on reading this book, you will enjoy the fact that it's a quick read, maybe for lunch time or an afternoon read at the park. less

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