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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

47 reviews

pacifickat's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

In which Murderbot learns more about trust, friendship, corporate greed, and the philosophical implications of humans creating sentient bots and androids.

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ebp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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

4.0


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wardenred's review

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adventurous funny medium-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

4.75

Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas.

Why ever did I take such a long break with this series? It's so fun. Granted, this particular installment feels a bit like a side-quest: on one hand, Murderbot is still trying to get more information to help it figure out the Dr. Mensah situation... on the other hand, it's *still* trying to do that. While it already did that in the previous book. I certainly hope the next novella is going to bring more overarching plot development.

That aside, I greatly enjoyed spending more time in this cyberpunk-ish universe and to delve into all the complications of the relationships between its AI and human denizens. Given that we now live in a world where the word "AI" is no longer anything out of a sci-fi novel, some of these themes are feeling more relevant (in vaguely frightening ways). I appreciated seeing Murderbot get a bigger and bigger sense of independent selfhood, found myself cackling more than one at its deadpan narration, and found it only a little unsettling just how damn much I relate to its experiences with human interactions. Seriously. Some of its thoughts about humans had me withdrawing from the book so I could have an emotion.

Kind of found myself missing ART from the previous book. Milo wasn't anywhere nearly as entertaining and honestly more than a little unsettling, but I suspect I was mean to be unsettled by this bot's whole deal. Also, the action was really fun, but mostly, I was here for the character growth and the interactions, and I got plenty of that. Definitely going to pick up the next book much sooner!

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spinesinaline's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75


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probablytoolate's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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huntress's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-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

3.5


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maddie_can_read's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

Really loving this series so far. Murderbot is so wonderfully written, it's great watching them develop over the books and see how they're learning more about themselves and what they want to do with their free-will.

Really liked the interaction between Murderbot and another robot character who has had a very different life experience than them. 
Like that the books are connecting and loved what the ending of this one is foreshadowing.

The only thing I found with this book in the series that I didn't with the others is that I had a harder time visualizing what was happening/ where the characters were. But also my mind's eye is not super strong.
I couldn't quite picture what was happening on the planet they were on, so it took me out of the action scenes a bit.


Love that murderbot has given themselves a name but it's private. Very sad ending but I accidentally spoiled it for myself, don't look up anything on the wiki 😔

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rickireadss's review against another edition

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4.0

murderbot is such a grumpy robot but i love it. this isn't my favorite of the series, but i still had a good time! i am excited to see where murderbot goes in the next book.

content warnings:
violence, death, gun violence, injury/injury detail, blood, murder, gore, body horror, slavery, confinement

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bipidin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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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araowl's review

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adventurous funny fast-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? Yes

3.5

I really enjoy this series because the robot protagonist is so loveable and hilarious, but I honestly find the writing a bit too spare and jargon-y for my taste. If you're the type of reader that prefers more spare and concise language to more descriptive and flowery writing, I think you'll enjoy this, but that's just not my preference. I also think it's a bit too fast-paced for my taste, i kind of got whiplash from how quickly the plot moved forward, but that's to be expected in a novella, so it's not really a flaw. I think this series is fun and charming. The main character coming to terms with its human emotions is the most compelling part for me, I'm a sucker for books about AI characters learning to love. Basically, I love the characters, humor, and themes but the writing style and pacing is just off for me personally. 

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