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Vibes: Heist, dystopia, personhood, evil corporations, power dynamics, instability, friendship
Initial response: :squealing, jazz hands, laying awake thinking about the world-building implications:
Considered response: A fun heist novel, yes. But when you open the loot bag, it's filled with the unpleasantness of slavery, subsistence work, organ removal, enforced conformity, and a society set up to not effing care about any of it.
The team (pulled together by a shadowy boss with unclear motives) are "mades" - clones fully owned by a corporation, living shitty half-lives. Two are street-level "brand ambassadors" - wear the clothes, draw attention to them, get views/orders. One works security at grocery stores and clubs, one is a systems tech, one works in HR. Their job? Get into a company-owned salvage warehouse, find a particular locker in the 'valuable salvage' area, steal the data disc in it, profit!
The entire heist goes like clockwork - until it doesn't.

Thanks to netgalley and publishers for this ARC!
This was a lot of fun. I loved the premise and the execution, the perfect mix of sci-fi and mystery/heist. The characters were interesting and likeable, and the author did a great job at twists and turns in this story. The world-building was also accessible and easy to understand without being boring!

The concept of this is incredible and I was hooked right away. I couldn't put it down late at night. But then there was a non-consensual scene perpetrated by one of main characters that was seen as acceptable with no remorse and I just can't condone that.