Um, what the heck is that ending Martha??? You can't just do that to me and then walk away! ( )

Love, love, love the series.

When you pick up the first, All Systems Read, be prepared that you will want to immediately read the second and third ones. Since they are novellas, you will burn through them quickly, they are that good! ( )

Murderbot is headed to an abandoned planet, a failed terraform project by the same corporation that tried to kill it in book one, to collect data on what the corporation is really up to. It thinks it’s stowed on an unmanned cargo shuttle, but unfortunately there are soft humans on board, as well as a companion robot that is too cute for Murderbot’s taste. Sneaking around behind the humans’ backs shouldn’t be too hard…as long as nothing on the planet is trying to harm them…

Extremely enjoyable while I was reading it, as usual, but did feel a bit same-y. All of the nice human characters start to blend together, while the bots are unique and complicated, which is a fun reversal. This book is particularly introspective since Murderbot is trying to hide from the humans, but it doesn’t have a lot of time to process its emotions at the end so I’m looking forward to the next book. ( )

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Murderbot Diaries vol 3. In which our favorite goes after the giant corporation GrayCris. In this story we meet Miki, who is kind of the opposite of the super-intelligent AI, ART. Miki is child-like and empathetic, not someone our rogue SecUnit can really relate to but must work with.
These books are getting better. I will be searching for the rest of the series as this is all my local library is carrying.
library book read 3/10/2024.. ( )