Welcome to Litsy!

I loved being back in the world of Murderbot! Who is having somewhat of a mental health crisis in this one. Some cool new characters and I enjoyed it enough to want to immediately read it again.

Murderbot is as hilarious, poignant, and relatable as always. This was another exciting romp through a wild sci-fi future in a world mostly controlled by corporations, with our scrappy heroes trying to save people from indenture and slavery as much as possible. My main complaint is that this picked up so closely after the previous novella, with no reintroduction to the characters, that I struggled to keep track—they should have been one book.

I was pretty sure this reread in particular couldn't hit the same as it did the first time for two reasons that would be major spoilers to include here. I was right.
The burgeoning emotional journey Murderbot is on continues at a believable pace for a being coming to grips with a pretty fraught existence: 1/3

And that doesn't make it any less creepy!

Miki. 🥹

The series as a whole was really good & I liked this installment. Excited that there should be more in the near future, but this was a very optimistic point to leave offf for now.
Murderbot is dealing with (redacted) but has people -& constructs that are understanding. & while it has has learned how to better relate to others -through recent interactions but mostly from media, sometimes sentience sucks.

My #bookspin is an audiobook so I will listen to System Collapse and spend more time with Murderbot. #doublespin is a 2023 release, so I think I'll pick Nestlings. I feel the need for something scary.
@thearomaofbooks

Muderbot plots are so good because as security personnel, MB is always assessing risk, predicting threats & prompting anticipation & anxiety. You turn pages to see what MB got wrong, and how he/she/it heroically adapts. “Competence porn.” But this mission felt too boring for too long. Still great sardonic quotes: P84 “we proceeded down the stupid tunnel, into the stupid danger.” 🤣 2023

P193 “I would be panicking more, but I didn‘t have time.”