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All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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rickireadss's review against another edition

4.5

WOW I LOVED THIS! one of my goals this year is to venture outside of my comfort in the romance genre and only reading books that have a romance plot/subplot, and this was my first of the year. this series came highly recommended by two of my online friends, and they did not miss!! i truly loved this and immediately went and put the rest of the series on hold at my library. the narrator did such a great job & i really like being in murderbot's head. i'm looking forward to continuing this series & seeing where murderbot goes from here.

content warnings: violence, gun violence, death, slavery, injury/injury detail, murder, gore, body horror, blood, suicide attempt, confinement, medical trauma, medical content, war, mass/school shootings, self harm, trafficking

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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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killjoycatlady's review against another edition

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funny 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

3.5

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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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