Hum

Paperback Published on: 04/09/2025
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Synopsis

In a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots called 'Hums', May seeks some reprieve from recent hardships and from her family's addiction to their devices. She splurges on a weekend away at the Botanical Garden - a rare, green refuge in the heart of the city, where forests, streams and animals flourish.

But when it becomes clear that the Garden is not the idyll she hoped it would be, and her children come under threat, May is forced to put her trust in a Hum of uncertain motives in order to restore the life of her family.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781805461746
  • Number of pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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Hum
Woom Me Up
If this is what happens in an AI run future, I don't want it. I am definitely drawn into these types of books and equally appalled while reading. This book... READ MORE
Renee_Reads
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Scary future possible
This was a quick read but made me think a lot about how technology is invading every moment of our lives, or at least working towards that. To go anywhere ... READ MORE
K. Bickmore
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When dystopia and reality merge
Hum By Helen Phillips I had to sleep on this one to give myself time to process my feelings about it. On one hand, I was immediately invested in the ... READ MORE
RitaCantStopReading
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Wonderful story
This near-future story of a mother struggling to cope with a society under constant surveillance (your phone knows you're pregnant before you do) might sou... READ MORE
Jim
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Future vision
I surprised myself by liking this as it is not my usual genre. The author has a flowing, compelling style which sweeps you along in this dystopian world sh... READ MORE
Annette Forrest
Hum
A dystopian tale of parenthood in a surveillance society.
This is an engaging, dystopian story of parental love in a world of pervasive personal devices, surveillance and advertising, ravaged by the effects of cli... READ MORE
Ian Payton