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spookily's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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strange_little_ranger's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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brynalexa's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

As an autistic person, I’m loving the murderbot’s development. It was hard to sustain attention during the action scenes, which is common for me in general.

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aseel_reads's review

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This was fun like always, some of the action scenes were a bit too long/detailed, so I ended up zoning out. As always, I enjoy the sarcasm and jokes, but I wish murderbot would demonstrate more growth, since it's book four now

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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The action in this one is pretty interesting with a lot of moving parts so it is fun to imagine and try to visualize all the fight scenes.

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booksandteatime's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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arinheck's review

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adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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rickireadss's review against another edition

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4.0

THE FEELS OMFG!!! i was secretly hoping murderbot would eventually meet up with dr. mensah again and omg it happened and my heart was pitter pattering. i know it doesn't like the emotions it's feeling, but murderbot's inner monologue about it had me in my feels. i love it and cannot wait to read the full length novel!!

content warnings: violence, gun violence, injury/injury detail, blood, medical content, kidnapping, death, murder, confinement, suicidal thoughts, body horror, gore, self harm, medical trauma

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maeverose's review against another edition

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3.75

Ahh I have mixed feelings. Mostly positive. I love Murderbot. It’s possibly my favorite book character. I love that even though it’s an autistic coded robot (cyborg), it subverts the usual stereotypes of that character. It has a personality, an attitude, emotions, social anxiety, and a special interest. I relate strongly to Murderbot and I just love it so much.

The thing that has me conflicted is the very tech heavy language. This is a me issue, and has been an issue for me with every book so far. My (likely adhd) brain really struggles to focus when a book has a difficult writing style or uses a lot of terms I don’t understand. I will just automatically start daydreaming or drifting off into some random thought without wanting to. It’s like it’s too much effort to read through all the confusing stuff so my focus just gives up. This type of book requires more focus than I have. I’m still gonna continue in the series, because I love Murderbot and the other characters too much not to, but every book just has me wishing it were written in a way that was more compatible with my brain.

Quotes:

“How humans decide what to do with their arms on a second-by-second basis, I still have no idea.”
Me neither, Murderbot.

“SecUnits are never allowed to sit down or use human furniture whether on or off duty, so I sat in one of the chairs and put my feet on the table. Then I took my feet off the table because it wasn’t comfortable.”

“I was in my best casual pose.”

“But I was the only one here, so I braced myself and made the ultimate sacrifice. “Uh, you can hug me if you need to.””

(“I don’t want to be a pet robot.”
“I don’t think anyone wants that.”
That was Gurathin. I don’t like him. “I don’t like you.”
“I know.”
He sounded like he thought it was funny. “That is not funny.”
“I’m going to mark your cognition level at fifty-five percent.”
“Fuck you.”
“Let’s make that sixty percent.”

“The ship didn’t have any cameras so I couldn’t see anybody. No, wait, I could use my eyes.”