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All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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ripeclementine's review against another edition

4.0

a quick and VERY interesting read! i definitely will continue the series.

at first i was troubled by how the members of the crew (besides murderbot) never stood out as individuals. they all kind of blurred together for me. then i realized it makes perfect sense because we are reading from murderbot’s pov and murderbot doesn’t care much for humans. they just want to watch tv shows. (lmao so real) after realizing this (also explains the lack of world building, we learn things as murderbot does) i began to enjoy the story a whole lot more.

endotheline's review against another edition

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This was fun!

Murderbot was a fun character. I liked how often it acted like a bratty teenager who just wants to hide and watch tv in its room. And the story and worldbuilding were interesting. I hope, and expect, the next books will further explore and expand upon this universe.

Rating: 4/5

msteasam's review against another edition

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3.75

This was the opposite of what I was expecting, so it took my brain a bit to catch up on what I was actually reading and start to enjoy it. Murderbot is more of a socially anxious person than a killer robot. Overall I enjoyed this, but I would have liked to spend some more time with the characters.

iamthe42's review

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adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

badayka's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

+ I'm always partial to a bot exhibiting some of the less idealistic human behaviors (think Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
+ The bot's dry humor.
+ The humans don't all just suck.

- I think this might not be fair of me, but I just instinctively deduct a star from books that are shorter than 300 pages. If they're not actual short stories, they just tend to feel like they're lacking.
- Or maybe it's that I don't connect with the characters/material as much, because I do not spend a longer time with it.