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Heath’s performance was moving and impactful

Revisado: 07-26-24

I love this universe and story, and Heath Miller’s performance brings so much emotion and humanity to the words on the page. There are characters we have watched grow up from teenagers, and the payoff of that growth is so wonderful, painful, and altogether good.

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More Murderbot

Revisado: 11-18-23

PITCH: Takes place days after the events of the last book, Exit Strategy. Tension involving the merging of two crews and untreated construct-PTSD set the groundwork for dealing with the fallout of recent events. Once more the melancholy Construct, its Asshole-Transport partner, with some old and new faces try to save strange colonists from the dangers of being unaligned in the Corporation Rim.

THOUGHTS: The length of this book falls between the novellas and the last book, Exit Strategy. In fact, it feels like the last book was once two books crammed together, and that this one is the third in the Trilogy. This volume is pretty tight, and wraps up a great deal of the loose ends of Exit Strategy without feeling either bloated or stretched. It assumes you just finished Exit Strategy and picked this up immediately after, as there is little explanation of all but the newest characters or plot points you should know. I reread all 7 releases in anticipation, and was well prepared, but simply rereading Exit Strategy will be enough.
One down side to that is the set pieces don’t feel as novel or unknown, and the external stakes feel much lower. Murderbot’s internal issues B-Plot feels tacked on, with the character takes steps back on the resolutions and character developments within Exit Strategy, a few days earlier. Diminishing the character’s competence early on in the story feels manufactured and unearned.
Do I love this universe? Yes.
Do I have to love all the books equally? No
Will I read them all again in a few months? Also Yes.

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Bought several copies for friends

Revisado: 07-12-23

Couldn’t put it down. Bought several copies for friends and family that I know will enjoy it also.

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Murderbot continues an action filled treatise

Revisado: 07-01-21

One of the beautiful things about Science Fiction literature is that it demands to approach difficult subjects of personal dignity, ownership over one’s own autonomy, and coping with the reality of having a flood of data but still not having all of the answers. Besides who doesn’t love a soap opera loving killing machine.

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Murderbot: person

Revisado: 06-29-21

Murderbot’s dialogues and monologues highlight the same issues of purpose, doubt, self-worth and integration that many feel after time apart from a society that now feels alien. Whether you have left combat, prison, a controlling influence or simply have trauma that you can’t explain to others, you are likely to hear echoes of your own thoughts in the narrator’s words. All people are complicated. Murderbot is no different.

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Unlike any other books I’ve read

Revisado: 04-05-18

Delight in newness
Fresh ground among stars and sky
Unexpected joy

10/10 Would Enjoy Again

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Romances of the three kingdoms and Discrete mathematics had a baby

Revisado: 08-05-16

Like an ancient Chinese military history set in a universe driven by laser weapons, endless war, geometric religious orientation, heresy and plots within plots. Buckle up kiddos, it's a wild ride

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Enjoyed the voice acting

Revisado: 07-28-15

Great book, and the voice acting helped to draw you into the characters' world of dark days, changing motives and the desire to truly understand how it all fits together.

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