


In addition to its central theme of love, Gibson’s “Every Line of You” emphasizes guilt and compassion as an integral part of the book. Interwoven throughout the plot is an intriguing romance between the two characters which touches on the fragility of youth and the psychological reparations of heartbreak. Because of Henry’s nefarious behavior and her complicity, they both find themselves in extremely criminal situations. The combination of her strict, grieving mother and certain disciplinary dilemmas at school cause Lydia to wind up in psychiatric wards and prisons. The line between Lydia’s capability to craft independent decisions and Henry’s motive for mischief blurs. Government officials soon arrive at Lydia’s school to investigate online infractions concerning a bank.

Lydia intends to make her AI even more tangible, going to unthinkable measures to locate a human vessel for Henry’s chip. He originates as just a hard drive in Lydia’s backpack, but eventually becomes more and more dangerous.

In an inadvertent effort to reciprocate her late brother’s companionship, Lydia’s life is consumed by perfecting Henry’s program for three grueling years. Haunted by the death of her younger brother, the aching loss of her best friend and her father walking out on the family, Lydia grapples with common symptoms of teenage angst and solitude in this heart-wrenching novel. Naomi Gibson’s intricately haunting dystopian novel, “Every Line of You”, follows coding prodigy Lydia and her journey in creating a sentient boyfriend, Henry, from a single line of code.
