A review by fossilreads
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I signaled Miki I would be withdrawing for one minute. I needed to have an emotion in private.

Murderbot has me both absolutely loving and terrified of space and robots.

I thoroughly enjoyed the third part of this series. Murderbot feels familiar and relatable to me, I swear that sounds worse than it is! I love seeing Murderbot's interactions with all the new transports and bots it comes across. Especially seeing it witness a new type of relationship between Miki and its humans was an interesting experience. Somewhat similar to being a human from worse conditions and seeing someone who has never experienced those bad things and has stayed 'pure' in a way.

I enjoy Martha's writing style and worldbuilding. Plotwise this part was quite similar to the previous Murderbot Diaries, but that's definitely what I enjoyed about it: something familiar to expect, yet new dynamics to navigate for some freshness too.

The ending left me slightly heartbroken and I NEED to know what's next!