This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows “Hey, Zoey” by Sarah Crossan. This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows “Hey, Zoey” by Sarah Crossan. This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows “Hey, Zoey” by Sarah Crossan. This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows “Hey, Zoey” by Sarah Crossan. This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows “Hey, Zoey” by Sarah Crossan.
There are a lot of places that author Sarah Crossan can go from here — when is it cheating? What makes something human or sentient? How can we define a person’s value? — and “Hey, Zoey” touches on them all.The novel jumps straight into Dolores’ life with a rapid-fire series of first-person vignettes, a mosaic of snippets that give an overview of how we got here.
As the story progresses, you begin to test your own theories of why Dolores and David’s marriage is falling apart. Her issues are so deeply buried that even Dolores doesn’t have a clue — yet. Full of microaggressions, cultural touchpoints and self-reflection, “Hey, Zoey” uses AI sentience to consider the issue of women’s autonomy from a new angle.
With a dozen other novels under Crossan’s belt, it’s to expected that the award-winning author’s latest is a page-turner. But the real surprise and delight of “Hey, Zoey” is the compelling story and captivating conversation.