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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5 ⭐️
My main enjoyment in this serie is Murderbot as a character. I feel like the plot is rushed too much, especially because of the length of the novellas. Each novella feels like a day in the life of Murderbot’s adventures

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persephonefoxx'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

4.25

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kris_tea516's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

5.0

I am loving this series & this is only the 2nd book. Each of them are very short but the writing is so good. I look forward to getting through the whole series.

Each of these books deal with their on story but they each push the ultimate story arch along.These books are obviously Sci-Fi but there is also an element of mystery to the ultimate story.

The title “The Murderbot Diaries” caught my attention & intrigued me enough to check out the first book. But if the title concerns you, let me explain that he is not an assassin robot. This is about an android who has hacked his programming & has freed himself from human control. However, there was an incident in his past where something happened with his programming & he supposedly killed the entire team he was to be protecting. However, someone wiped his memory of the incident so he doesn’t really remember what happened but the guilt of whatever happened lead him to name himself “Murderbot.” The overarching story is of him trying to figure out exactly what happened.

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haleybre's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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ritabriar's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense 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

5.0

I adore Murderbot and its diaries. This is the book that introduces ART to the Murderbot Diaries series. ART is to Murderbot what Murderbot is to its humans. So that's terrifying and good for Murderbot. It also meets a whole new group of humans it also wants to protect, which is annoying. Mostly because they insist on walking right into danger.

Artificial Condition is the second in the series. It has a succinct plot with elements of the series story line plus a stand-alone story for this book. For escapist literature, it's incredibly kind and also thoughtful about big questions like, What makes one a person? What is a person's responsibility to other people around them?

This book contains characters who appreciate the prickly and socially-inept person for its non-social skills. (And obvious caring, in spite of its inability to people right now. Or ever.) Murderbot continues to be snarky and wonderful. We love an asshole with a heart of gold. Oh! This is also the book that establishes Murderbot as explicitly Aro-Ace. While there are issues with that, in the Aro-Ace robot trope, Murderbot is also a fully developed and realized person.

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