Chapter 1

Yes, this is definitely written like a prologue, not merely a chapter. However, prologues are kind of supposed to leave us with a feeling of suspense, which pretty much dropped off right after the opening paragraph. Since you are not telling an anecdote, or snippet of a larger story, but are giving us an overview, it's probably in your best interest to keep this condensed. You can tell us where Lindsey is headed in the actual story: we don't need to know she's going completely across the country just yet. We could hear about that in chapter 2, 3 or 4.

Now for a bunch of random things.

when you speak of the Overthrow you can succinctly say, "Lindsey referred to the worldwide terror that broke out as The Overthrow." Pretty good name by the way

"But only about half of the people who had lived there were alive when she had left, and she didn’t even know who they were anymore. No one had helped her, not in her most desperate time, even when some of the people she turned to had been in the same hospital room when she was born. That town was just a distant memory to her now, along with everything else." - I like the ideas and potential conclusions that lindsey can draw from this later, pertaining to what happens to good-looking people when put under pressure of a crisis.

I didn't need the part about the second mistake. I could fill that apocalyptic panic scenario in myself. Now if people hadn't reacted that way, that would be something worth noting.

The flashback you give in the next chapter can be a good base to lead up to another flashback or dream where we revisit the slaughter of the mom figure. For now, it seems good to keep it under your hat. Remember, every reader wants to be surprised. And Overly at that.

I adore the "Like throwing down Gasoline" metaphor. Definitely keep that in if you go back in and make changes.

You should say, "The second Mistake was what they Took from Lindsey."

'Tho the Night may fall dark,
Keep Grooving*

Hello!
This is a really cool concept, the name "Overthrow" sounds awesome and really fits!
I think the main issue with this chapter is that there's way too much telling, and not enough showing. It's like you're saying to the reader, "Look, here's my character, here's her backstory, this is the setting. Now read the book." There's so much information in a short amount of space, it's almost overwhelming. I would say instead of just listing out what's happened, tell us from the point of view of Lindsey. You could keep it all in one chapter, just have different sections. Describe the day the news came, then the day her mother was taken, and finish with Lindsey in the present time, hiding or something, missing her friends and mum or whatever. That way the introductions seem more natural, and we actually get to understand Lindsey a lot more by the way she reacted to things and her thoughts, and the reader feels more immersed.
But the concept is awesome, can't wait to read more!

Hello! Feltrix here for a review.

"First came the laughs, then the doubt, followed by the realization, until finally the panic overruled. Everyone thought the media was making up ridiculous stories to attract viewers. After all, who could possibly believe that engineers were capable of making robots that could outsmart humans." I think the first paragraph should be drawn out more. You throw a lot of information at the reader in not much time. Even the first the first sentence could be drawn out for effect to something like this: "First came the laughter. Then doubt, followed by realization. Once there was realization, panic overruled." Of course, I'm not suggesting you use those specific words, they're just an example. But you could actually draw the story of the first two paragraphs out into an entire prologue, if you wanted to.

Instead of introducing Lindsey (I have a pet peeve about introducing the narrator), you could have Lindsey remembering the events instead of a faceless narrator (you) telling the reader things. It would be especially easy to do that for the third paragraph.

"Now that wasn't the world wide term for it, but when Lindsey tried to make sense of everything that happened, she needed a name for it." You don't really need the 'Now' their, but if you really want to keep it, put a comma after it.

You have an extra enter above the last paragraph.

This does a good job at laying down the premise for this story. As Falconer said, it's kind of cliché, but as long as you make it your own story, I don't really have a problem with that. Personally, I'd give the robots an eerie name instead of just "the robots," but my biggest fault in this is that you need to draw everything out. A lot. I see that you're trying to set the stage for the rest of the book (so this should really be a prologue, but that's not the point), but you need to really slow down and add detail to the events; even if their just flashback fragments, I want scenes instead of information.

I hope this is helpful! Keep writing!

Feltrix

Hi sky!

Interesting first chapter. From the description and brief beginning, it seems like a bit of a cliche plot, so I hope you throw in some fun twists and surprises for readers! I've got a few plot/character suggestions, I'll try not to nitpick too much but there are some things you could fine tune.

First came the laughs, then the doubt, followed by the realization, until finally the panic overruled. Everyone thought the media was making up ridiculous stories to attract viewers. After all, who could possibly believe that engineers were capable of making robots that could outsmart humans.

But it wasn't the humans that created the actual killing machines. No, they only built the smart robots, like throwing down the gasoline. Those smart robots were what lit the gasoline ablaze by building more robots. That’s where it all went wrong. Humans trusted their lives with technology. They gave them their basic responsibilities to be able to live care free, but like everything in life, there were mistakes involved. Instead of creating a useful asset to the human race, they created killing machines that wiped most of it out. They were hard wired to kill on sight, until the heartbeats weren’t registering in their robotic eyes anymore. But that was only the first mistake.

Children were separated from their parents, forced to mature at a rate that would have been frowned upon by society. But there was no longer a society, so it didn’t matter.

This is the unfortunate story for young Lindsey Walsh. Physically ripped out of her mother's arms at the age of 15. She watched as the murderous robots ripped her mother apart. The image still floats behind her eyelids, and her mother's screams still echo in her ears. She wakes up at night screaming for her mother, alerting whatever is left of the world.

Greetings! Let's get started with the review.

Criticism first:
'Everyone thought the media was making up ridiculous stories to attract viewers.' In this sentence, the word "ridiculous" seems unnecessary because one can figure out by himself or herself that the media would make up ridiculous stories to attract viewers so it would simply suffice to say 'Everyone thought the media was making up stories to attract viewers.' Or even 'Everyone thought the media was fabricating stories to attract viewers."

'After all, who could possibly believe that engineers were capable of making robots that could outsmart humans.' You used "making up" again here. Maybe you could replace it with "creating".

'They gave them their basic responsibilities to be able to live care free, but like everything in life, there were mistakes involved.' While there isn't anything particularly wrong with this, I think it might be better to instead say "They gave them their basic responsibilities to be able to live care free, but like everything in life, mistakes were made." That's my opinion anyway, so make of it what you will.

'The second mistake was when everyone divided themselves from each other, not knowing who to trust and who not to trust.' First off, it should be 'whom', not 'who', and I think it would have sufficed to say "The second mistake was when everyone divided themselves from each other, not knowing whom to trust.' Without the "who not to trust" part because it just seemed unnecessarily extra.

'Physically ripped out of her mother's arms at the age of 15, she watched as the murderous robots ripped her mother apart.' Is the correct way to say this.

'After a week, she was alone.' again, While there isn't anything particularly wrong with this, I think it might be better to instead say "A week later, she was alone." Your choice, though. I am just offering a suggestion.

'Lindsey desperately wished that she could just wake up from the nightmare she was living.' The word "just" here seems unneeded.

'None of that seemed to matter now, though.' Is the correct way to say this.

Okay, that's all the criticism I have to offer. This was a brief, but interesting beginning. I wish we would have gotten to know Lindsey more here, but this is just the start, so there's plenty of time for her character development. It would have been nice if you elaborated more on her feelings, especially her nostalgia and trauma, but I still found it easy to feel sorry for her. The poor girl has lost a lot and that's bound to affect her actions during this story.

Keep writing! I am looking forward to seeing where this goes