Review of Terms of Service

Azuka Jessica · Post by **Azuka Jessica** » 01 Mar 2023, 08:27

[Following is a volunteer review of "Terms of Service" by Craig W. Stanfill.]

5 out of 5 stars

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Have you ever had to bear the consequences of not following the terms and conditions of a program? Terms of Service: Subject to Change Without Notice is a sci-fi novel by Craig W. Stanfill that features technology, AIs, interactions, and hope.

Kim is a young lady who works for an artificial intelligence company. She can also be described as socially average. However, she exhibits some odd social behaviours on occasion. This company has a collection of terms of service that its customers must obey. However, all things begin to go awry for Kim when she violates many of the terms of service of this company. Will Kim be able to get out of this problem? Read this book to find out.

The first thing that drew me to this book was its title and cover page. It was intriguing and thought-provoking and grabbed my attention. I wanted to find out more about the book’s content. Even though the author did not explicitly say the book’s setting, I deduced that the author set the book in later years. It is because of the high presence of technologies like robots and AI. The book seems to mirror the future and show how science and technology have expanded and become the norm. It was fascinating, yet it felt different reading about social interactions like partying and playing good games being virtual. It was the time when cryptocurrencies became a legal means of exchange.

Terms of Service: Subject to Change Without Notice by Craig W. Stanfill opened with the author warning readers ahead about the use of pronouns. It was thorough and thoughtful. It then proceeded to list the terms of service, which acted as a background or reference to the book’s main story. The author divided the book into parts and chapters, totalling 352 pages, 19 chapters, and three parts; each chapter had a title. The story was well-written, and the best part of the book was the author’s final words. It was as if the author knew what ran through my mind as I read the book. That awed me.

There are some things I did not like about this book. Even though most of them are personal, I was uncomfortable with them. Firstly, the story contains so many AIs and technologies that it was challenging to differentiate which character was a human and which one was a robot. Also, I think that the extent to which partying became virtual was extreme. I do not believe that technology will go on to cause such a magnanimous effect. However, this is more personal and insufficient to remove a star from this book’s rating. I love the unique style used by the author. The story used a different name for the days of the week. The book was also exceptionally well edited, as I found no errors while reading. Therefore, I rate this book five out of five stars.

I recommend this book to lovers of pure science fiction. They will enjoy this advanced world shown in the book. Readers should note that there are some sexual scenes in the book.

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Eckhart Aurelius Hughes · Post by **Nisha DSouza** » 15 Mar 2023, 00:18

Thank Azuka for this lovely review. This book is on my 'to read' list. After reading so many reviews of this book, I'm excited to get started on it.

Hazel Mae Bagarinao · Post by **Hazel Mae Bagarinao** » 15 Mar 2023, 20:09

It was unfair to the Hierarchy when they let Kim and Shan explored the restricted farm area. They could warn them not to, and it was a trick to drag Kim to higher position but result in a complicated and barren life. Your review is wonderful, anyway.

Post by **Friederic Schröder** » 17 Mar 2023, 07:47

This is an exciting science-fictional novel, Kim and Kimberly's connection is what intrigued me, it made me believe that a certain age would come when AI and humans would work together.