Here’s a short summary of The Infinity Courts:
When Nami starts her walk to her friend’s party, eager for the end of her senior year, she stumbles upon a child being threatened by gunpoint at a local, practically abandoned store. Being the good citizen she is, she dials the police - but they don’t arrive on time, and Nami takes things into her own hands. Nami puts herself in between the shooter and the child - and dies. That should’ve been the end of her story, but actually, she is born into a technological afterlife with a robotic AI - that acts as the Siri of her real life - that rules this underworld. Nami and a band of rebels must fight off an AI, ruling them all - but how can they, after all, if it was humans who built their own demise?
Here's a short review of the novel:
I came into this book knowing little to nothing and walked out of the book, knowing a lot. This novel isn’t your typical “hero-dies-and-goes-to-underworld” story, but instead, a whole new different remix, bringing in the exciting factor of science fiction in a fantastical underworld. I was curious the whole time, and I found Nami to be a relatable character who had goals, ambitions, and dreams before and after she died. I also found the villain - the AI system - to be charming and not bad in the sense that her motivations for wanting to kill of humankind seem justified in her point of view. This novel reminded me a lot of an anime called Angel Beats, because they both deal with the question, “Where do we go after we die?” with “We will end up fighting something in the afterlife, while trying to survive with a rebel gang,” which is always a brilliant trope. Overall, a good book with some hitting-hard messages and stunning characters.