This aspect is crucial to the murder mystery vibe of The Kingdom and Trial transcripts and even apps allow our Fantasist to tell her story but alsoĪllows the reader to meet personnel and witness events that Ana would never The mix of prose, advertisements, interviews, The format of The Kingdom is unlike anything else out thereĪt the moment, in my opinion. Even Owen, the main human character, is never entirely trustworthy and Identifies with the Fantasists over and above every human character in her On theĬontrary, it is a real testament to Jess Rothenberg’s writing that the reader

The ongoing murder trial, I can’t see any reader convicting Ana. Reader immediately allies themselves with. Ironically, Ana is a profoundly human character with whom the Other Fantasists that we meet: she is aware of the park’s wireless blind spotsĪnd admits she becomes weary of some songs, unruly children and fathers with There is no doubt that Ana is advanced in comparison to The reader and introducing us to her “sisters”, “mother” and “father” as wellĪs those who have slightly less favourable views towards the AI, or FantasistsĪs they are known. Their wrists and strapped to their beds at “downtime”.Īna is our princess and storyteller, opening her world to Perfect as possible but it quickly becomes apparent that the princesses are, inįact, prisoners: constantly under surveillance, tracked by GPS implants in Wireless signals and encyclopaedic knowledge ensure the princesses are as The right thing and…are Artificial Intelligence. It? The star attractions: the princesses are beautiful, perfect, always say The Kingdom is a magical place where dreams come true: or is The outset that a crime has occurred appeals to the (slightly) more mature side Park” are like catnip to a Disney geek like myself whilst the proclamation from It seeming contrite: the brazen references to meet and greets, monorails and “the Rothenberg manages to describe her Kingdom in such minute detail without X Big Little Lies’ reality that Jess Rothenberg conjures is sure to captivate

Once you get past the wonderful aesthetics the ‘Disney x Westworld I mean with a tag line like that you can’t not be drawn inīy this book! If that doesn’t grab you then the gorgeous cover art will. “Where Happily Ever After is not just a promise, but a rule”

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