A review by rara2018
System Collapse by Martha Wells

3.0

I love Murderbot. Genuinely, I think it’s probably one of my highest rated series on average that I’ve read. That all being said, this was definitely the weakest installation so far, in my opinion. Maybe it’s because I read the rest of the stories so close together that I was deeply entrenched in the Murderbot universe and the side characters, whereas with this one, it had been years since I’d even touched the series, but it just didn’t hit the same. I really liked the message about the power of media and, as always, the evil of corporations, but everything in between just wasn’t quite as compelling as usual. ART is always a treat and Murderbot’s voice as a narrator is so distinct and funny (once again, as always). This is a series I’ll always keep reading, come hell or high water, but this installation just didn’t quite do it for me.