First, I want to say that I loved Robopocalypse. I gave Robopocalypse 5 stars. I think everyone should read Robopocalypse at least once in their life. Robopocalypse was terrifying and ominous and forboding and Robogenesis just...wasn't. It wasn't bad but it definitely wasn't as gripping as the first book. ( )

My review of Robopocalypse mentioned something about how Lark Iron Cloud didn't deserve that ending and that I wanted to know what happened to Takeo and Mathilda in particular. Well, Robogenesis delivered on all points. And Lark Iron Cloud...hoo boy what a graphic chapter!

Anyway, my only beef with the book is that it has classic middle-book problems in that it doesn't feel like a complete story. The events that unfold in this book are both awe-inspiring and devastating, and while I'm super happy the whole Wallace clan makes it through (what a tear-jerker moment when Cormac names his newborn son Jack, right?) and that Cormac, Mathilda, Lark Iron Cloud, Niner, and Mikiko are all lined up like some badass, grungy superhero group at the end, it feels very much like a new beginning rather than an ending and I WANT BOOK THREE RIGHT MEOW. ( )

Well, it took me nearly six months, but i did it.. i finished reading Daniel Wilson’s RoboGenesis, sequel to Robopocalypse

...i kept hoping there would be explanation... but i was left disappointed to the last page.

From the very first page, Why would archos suddenly in it’s dying moment decide to save humans and indenture itself to them? The entire book is built off a premise that has no value. As a result, the amazing things that followed had no value just as the terrible didnt... all the way to the last page.

Skip this sequel. ( )

This book had its good moments, which is why I finished it and why it's getting two stars. I was hoping for more, though.
Considering the rave reviews this books has been getting, I'm definitely in a minority here. Basically.. I found the book fragmented and convoluted. Robocalypse and Amped are better, in my opinion.
This book is split into three parts, each part following the same time-line. For each part, you jump back to the beginning or very early in the time-line. The parts have character names, so these parts are about Lark, Mathilda and Cormac. BUT WAIT! There's more! Add another seven points of view into the mix and you have a story told by ten different characters. It got pretty tedious.
Amped used "kissy-descriptions" twice! About light-kissed moths that flutter overhead and a rust-kissed screen.
Robocalypse used it once! "...the tall grass prairie rolls and sways all the way to the horizon, where it kisses the stars."
What the hell happened with Robogenesis?
* Kneeling on the ice-kissed turf, I brace against... * Snow kissing my boots... * Dew-kissed walls reflect strange light... * ... and hanging like ice-kissed tree branches. * He lifts the bottle to his lips and kisses the amber liquid. * The cool spring mist kisses my face ... * ... and the cold black shale kisses my knees and slithers out from under my fingers. * ... watching the snow-kissed pines roll and sway. * It drops down onto its knees, belly kissing the ground. * ... I think of that sun-kissed day when I scrawled the name ... * ... turning his wind-kissed face to a night sky scabbed with stars. * A greenish tinge of infrared-kissed dust motes.
I'm sorry, but this is where the Robocalypse series ends for me. It'll probably make a cool movie, though. ( )

And I thought the first novel was terrifying.
Note to self: Be nice to emerging AI technology. Stay far away from it, and be nice.

This one is a deeper look into the blurring of technology and biology, and it is kind of terrifying. What is the definition of 'human'? Of 'robot'? Of 'conciousness'?

10/10 would recommend.
But keep the lights on when you read it. ( )