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Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
4.0
adventurous funny 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

Quick thoughts: 
  • Murderbot feeling nervous around Mensah was adorable af. 
  • It's also so neat to see the full scale of how much he's changed; both physically and emotionally. 
  • Also an interesting series to have been reading along the same time as Vauhini Vara's Searches and AI in reality and AI in fiction. 
  • The way Murderbot is not human but also built by humans (tbf, for a very specific, not really great purpose), also consuming human-made media, emulating humanness for safety, and so again: is not human but is maybe less not-human than he was at the start of all this. 
  • But also: sci-fi is fun! Murderbot is great! Gonna take a break before moving on to the next in the series, but love engaging with sci-fi again.