A review by angorarabbit
Compulsory by Martha Wells

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? Yes

5.0

Clarketech: cyborgs, interstellar mining. 
 
TLDR: This is not an unbiased review. 
 
I read the free version on the Wired Magazine website. (Google Compulsory and Wired and you should find the link.) It seems that the $0.99 copy available on i-books may be a little longer. The short story I read is very short and while it is listed as The Murderbot Diaries #0.5 I think that reading at least All Systems Red first would be optimal. There isn’t much room in such a short story to describe characters in more than a few quick brushstrokes. And for those who have already read five novellas and a novel it would be boring too. That being said I love Murderbot and Ms Wells writing so this story gets 5 stars. 
 
By the way, Murderbot, despite publisher blurbs, is a cyborg not an android.
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