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A review by imaginary_space
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed that this was different from the former Murderbot stories, more of a "slice of life", a look into Murderbot's new life on Preservation and how it settles in and gets along with what must be a very weird situation for our favourite killing machine.
Through an interesting "whodunnit" plot, we get to see how the people on Preservation react to Murderbot and the questions and problems a non-human, non-robot entity with no clearly defined state of personhood poses to a society. Those were the parts of the story I enjoyed the most, because murder mysteries are generally not my cup of tea, although I like that Martha Wells shakes things up a bit plot-wise and Murderbot can't realy on its usual hacking capabilities to solve everything, but muster interact with (gasp) humans!
After all, this is the sixth installment in the Murderbot series, so I do appreciate her giving us a variety of stories to keep things interesting. What threw me off a little was the extensive use of parenthesis.
Through an interesting "whodunnit" plot, we get to see how the people on Preservation react to Murderbot and the questions and problems a non-human, non-robot entity with no clearly defined state of personhood poses to a society. Those were the parts of the story I enjoyed the most, because murder mysteries are generally not my cup of tea, although I like that Martha Wells shakes things up a bit plot-wise and Murderbot can't realy on its usual hacking capabilities to solve everything, but muster interact with (gasp) humans!
After all, this is the sixth installment in the Murderbot series, so I do appreciate her giving us a variety of stories to keep things interesting. What threw me off a little was the extensive use of parenthesis.