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All Systems Red by Martha Wells

174 reviews

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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mantnam's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Loved it! It's surprisingly funny and of course, it's very interesting. 
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mahra's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

4.0

"And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day."

I loved this. Maybe I am a sci-fi girlie, after all.

In a world where space travel, robotics, and AIs have advanced, an Android, who names itself Murderbot, becomes self-aware. It just wants to binge-watch soap operas, but gets dragged into a thrilling adventure involving corporate conspiracies, rogue bots, and questioning its own identity.

"Mom, why is the fictional murderous android so relatable?" Listen. I am Murderbot. Murderbot is me. I have never related to a book character so much. I understand it. It says things that I would say. It was actually really funny to read.

The prose was great. It is straight to the point and funny. This and the use of the first person really allows us to get to know Murderbot and his personality. It speaks directly to the reader, and we also get to spend of lot of time in its head, which is great. It is a sarcastic introvert who is simply forced to interact when it would prefer staying in its corner and watch telev… No! The entertainment feed, sorry.

The other characters were also pretty compelling even though we do not get to know them that much (Mensah is MOTHER).

So, why not 5 stars? Well, I thought it was a little bit too simplistic and predictable. The story hit all the points and themes expected.
Android gains consciousness. Meets loveable humans. Is first distant, then starts liking them. Has to save them. Makes fun of humans and their weird ideas.
We have seen this before. I was waiting for something more. The mystery also went by way too fast.

I still loved it.
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theabee's review against another edition

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Too violent/gory for me
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miniingrid's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
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dexkit10's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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

5.0

Scifiä ja sarkastisia kommentteja, nyt on kirja minun makuuni! 

Murhabotti on aivan ihanan valloittava persoona. Kirja pomppaa heti tapahtumien keskelle ja hahmoihin tutustuu ihanasti pikkuhiljaa. Suhteet rakentuu kirjan edetessä ja murhabotti oppii ihmisistä paljon.

Iso suositus tälle! Onneksi toinen osa on jo valmiina luettavaksi kotona.
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foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

5.0

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moonchild_cos's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-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

3.5

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fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A truely enjoyable quick read. 
Murderbot was an extremely relatable main character, I also would like to spend my whole day watching my favourite shows and don't like people looking at me. The other characters were also good, it's always nice to read about competent characters. And I loved how diverse they were and things like polyamorous marriages were just mentioned in a short sentence, really shows how common they are in this world. 
Even though this short novella didn't focus all to much on the wider world building, there were enough mentions of politics and technology and such to show it really is a fully fledged out setting and I'm looking forward to reading the other books in this series and learning more about it.
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