Reviews round-up
Hum
by Helen Phillips
5 of 5 critics positive
7 reviews: 5 positives; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“glimmers of humanity and hope”
In a treeless dystopia run by robots, glimmers of humanity and hope
Positive
Read the review ↗“A gripping new novel about AI captures what it means to be human”
A gripping new novel about AI captures what it means to be human
Positive
Read the review ↗“mesmerising and scary”
Hum by Helen Phillips review – an all-too-plausible vision of the future | Books
Positive
Read the review ↗“unsparingly perceptive”
Review | In Helen Phillips’s ‘Hum,’ a woman alters her face for money
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗It Was Supposed to Be a Garden Oasis, but It Led to Unexpected Dangers (Published 2024)
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“imagines a dystopian world where humans have outsourced their best selves”
Is A.I. Making Mothers Obsolete?
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
