Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, 163 pages.
Four food service robots wake up in the flooded remains of the ghost kitchen they worked in, with no idea what happened or how to pay their bills. They decide to reopen the restaurant under their own power, making the kind of food they can actually be proud of, and building something just for them. But anti-bot sentiment is brewing in near future San Francisco, and a review bombing campaign threatens to destroy everything they worked to build.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I really liked the characters, and some things were executed in a way that was very interesting. For example, I found the exploration of how PTSD would work for robots really interesting. However, I also found some of the world building pretty hard to buy, to the point of being nonsensical in some cases, which is sort of a problem in such a short book. I know many people who loved this one, but I'm afraid it's more mixed for me. I must acknowledge that the cover rules though.
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