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askatknits's review
3.0
A short introduction to The Murderbot Diaries. (Very short, it was only about 3 hours of listening!) However, in 3 hours my interest has been piqued! I look forward to the second installment! If you like futuristic novels, I think you will like this!
witchywilds's review against another edition
4.0
Why waste your time reading reviews? Everybody loves this series. What's your excuse? "I don't wanna waste my time in case I don't like it." I hear you whining. Well my friend I have news for you, this is a novella! The whole book is like 140 pages, you can read it in one sitting if you wanted, grow up.
Jokes aside, this is my new favorite series easily. It's set me on a weird robot/sci-fi binge now and I can't get enough, I love Murderbot! (The series, I'd never refer to SecUnit with it's personal name unless given permission.)
In this story, as you probably already know, we follow a SecUnit that refers to itself as Murderbot. Murderbot is a bot/human construct (think our definition of a cyborg except they were created kinda like clones in Star Wars. Got it? Good!) that is half human, half robot, all sass, introvert, and melodrama.
SecUnit (as I'll refer to it from now on) has recently freed itself from the control of it's governor module and thus, the Company. Since then it has 1) chosen not to go on a murderous rampage and kill stupid smelly humans, 2) downloaded tons of media and consumed roughly 35,000 hours of it, and 3) has continued to do its job despite having free will now.
During this job we (and SecUnit) meet up with Dr. Mensah, Ratthi, Arada, Overse, Pin-Lee, and Gurathin, it's clientsand eventual friends. Some things go down that I won't spoil for you here but things get a lot more exciting for our bored SecUnit very quickly and come to a (in my opinion) very satisfying conclusion but also cliffhanger?
Do yourself a favor and read this ASAP. I want it at the top of your TBR immediately! You'll totally get the hype once you've finished your read!
Jokes aside, this is my new favorite series easily. It's set me on a weird robot/sci-fi binge now and I can't get enough, I love Murderbot! (The series, I'd never refer to SecUnit with it's personal name unless given permission.)
In this story, as you probably already know, we follow a SecUnit that refers to itself as Murderbot. Murderbot is a bot/human construct (think our definition of a cyborg except they were created kinda like clones in Star Wars. Got it? Good!) that is half human, half robot, all sass, introvert, and melodrama.
SecUnit (as I'll refer to it from now on) has recently freed itself from the control of it's governor module and thus, the Company. Since then it has 1) chosen not to go on a murderous rampage and kill stupid smelly humans, 2) downloaded tons of media and consumed roughly 35,000 hours of it, and 3) has continued to do its job despite having free will now.
During this job we (and SecUnit) meet up with Dr. Mensah, Ratthi, Arada, Overse, Pin-Lee, and Gurathin, it's clients
Do yourself a favor and read this ASAP. I want it at the top of your TBR immediately! You'll totally get the hype once you've finished your read!
avishisingh's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
cayceosborne's review against another edition
4.0
This is not usually the kind of sci-fi I like; I tend to stay away from anything with intricate military, political, or corporate explanations because I find them exhausting. But the characters and conceit here really won me over. I think the big resolution came together a little too easily, but this was really engaging.
swordrager's review against another edition
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
3.75
cocoloco's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hilse's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-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
3.75