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A review by ritabriar
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
Murderbot finds itself hampered by fellow parts of the security system and discovers how far it will go to protect humans it doesn't actually hate.
This is an action-adventure book from the point of view of a human/robot construct who uses sarcasm to cope. Murderbot is a killer SecUnit who honestly just wants to be left alone to watch its shows in peace.
Each character of this book is well-developed with their own personality, foibles, weaknesses, and strengths. This book is a loving and frank observation of human (and SecUnit) nature as well as a scathing indictment of corporate culture and its logical conclusion. In spite of all of the violence, this book is compassionate. Well, except to the bad guys. They just need to stop.
Tropes include found family, self-sacrifice , rescuing the rescuer, kindness breaks the big tough warrior, ace icon, whoops that didn't go as planned, and lots and lots of lovely trope inversions.
This is an action-adventure book from the point of view of a human/robot construct who uses sarcasm to cope. Murderbot is a killer SecUnit who honestly just wants to be left alone to watch its shows in peace.
Each character of this book is well-developed with their own personality, foibles, weaknesses, and strengths. This book is a loving and frank observation of human (and SecUnit) nature as well as a scathing indictment of corporate culture and its logical conclusion. In spite of all of the violence, this book is compassionate. Well, except to the bad guys. They just need to stop.
Tropes include found family,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death