A review by jamgrl
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I highly enjoy Murderbot as a character! This is fast paced and fun. The biggest flaw in my opinion is there is a large cast of characters that we don’t get to know that well, which is too bad. It is justified by the narrative in that Murderbot doesn’t care about humans, but, Murderbot DOES care about humans… I think perhaps being novella 1 in a series left this novella a lot of character establishment to do in a short period for our protagonist, which left less space for investing us in the other characters. Even with this issue, this is so absolutely worth the read, especially to open the door to this series.