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bluejayreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
5.0
I love Murderbot so much. It's so done with all of this bullshit and just wants to consume media in peace, but it keeps having to go save idiot humans from their own bad decisions. Murderbot's strong narrative voice made for a fascinating mood in this book. By all rights, the setting should be space horror - an abandoned space station where something is not quite dead and trying to kill you. But Murderbot's trademark snark and irreverence makes it almost funny. And it worked - it's definitely unique, and as much as I like space horror, I also enjoy Murderbot viewing a space horror setting as nothing more than highly inconvenient. This series so far is ostensibly about Murderbot investigating a conspiracy, but that just seems to be a reason for it to travel around and do other stuff along the way. It's less about answers than about Murderbot's growth. And it's fascinating to see how it has grown even over three books as uncomfortable-pretending-to-be-human Murderbot now has to pretend to be a SecUnit again. This one didn't need to be longer - it was a solid story that didn't feel rushed - but I wish it was longer because I enjoy these books so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Kidnapping, Death, Grief, and Body horror
wilybooklover's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence
Moderate: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Gun violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Violence
bexi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
3.75
Did a Murderbot book just make me cry?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, Blood, and Grief
divine529's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
Another great installment in the Murderbot series!
This is the third book in the Murderbot series and as with the others, I enjoyed this one a lot.
In this book, Murderbot is continuing its investigation into an event that happened and the Corporation's involvement in it and as usual, meets a new cast of characters along the way.
Once again, the writing was fun. We're back to the fun and witty snark of Murderbot, which was less in the previous book. The plot was interesting and we learned some new things about the event that happened. We got a bit of expansion on the world as well, which is always lovely. But once again, the characters are where these books shine. Murderbot is always a delight and his interactions with Miki, a "pet bot" were interesting. I love seeing Murderbot interact with other AI characters. It's always fun and Murderbot is just babey in all the ways. The new human crew in this one was a hit or a miss for me. I didn't love most of them as much as I have in past books, but I don't think we were supposed to.
I'm also having many emotions about the end of this book.
Looking forward to reading the next installme
This is the third book in the Murderbot series and as with the others, I enjoyed this one a lot.
In this book, Murderbot is continuing its investigation into an event that happened and the Corporation's involvement in it and as usual, meets a new cast of characters along the way.
Once again, the writing was fun. We're back to the fun and witty snark of Murderbot, which was less in the previous book. The plot was interesting and we learned some new things about the event that happened. We got a bit of expansion on the world as well, which is always lovely. But once again, the characters are where these books shine. Murderbot is always a delight and his interactions with Miki, a "pet bot" were interesting. I love seeing Murderbot interact with other AI characters. It's always fun and Murderbot is just babey in all the ways. The new human crew in this one was a hit or a miss for me. I didn't love most of them as much as I have in past books, but I don't think we were supposed to.
I'm also having many emotions about the end of this book.
Looking forward to reading the next installme
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Slavery
kathleencoughlin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
In Rogue Protocol, Murderbot builds on his idea to help Dr. Mensa expose GrayCris and along the way is again roped into helping a motley crew of humans who introduce him yet another possibility for what human-bot interactions can be. The books are always quite short but even so have a strong narrative and emotional impact. Just like Murderbot, I found myself in a kind of stunned silence at the end 😢
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping
troisha's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
sad
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Body horror, Gore, and Kidnapping
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