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pickAll Systems Red & Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries 1 & 2), by Martha Wells (2017-18)—RE-READS
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Premise: A cyborg designed to be a weapon of mass destruction but who really just wants to ignore the world and watch their shows struggles to adjust to a new life situation.
Review: Murderbot Diaries is one of my favourite series, so when I recently wanted some easy listens on a vacation, I was excited to revisit these novellas. ⬇️
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Murderbot. Filled with fun.
#6 takes us back to novellas. In this one It is going to solve a murder. I still struggle a bit with secondary characters, but love the fast clipping pace and the rye sarcasm. It's just a good quick fun time.
pickThis is definitely one of the weirder books I‘ve read. But I loved it! A bot who is basically off the rails, following a program that parallels proscribed actions only if they suit its own purposes. I really, really like Muderbot. It is kind of amoral, and yet seems to have some type of morality. I think I will have to continue this series. I kind of care about what happens to Murderbot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickI have heard that the audios were the funnest way to read this series, I have already read 1-4 in physical form so when I noticed used copies of this were going for $50 I decided to wait on the library audio. I am so glad I did! This is great. The narrator does an amazing job getting Murderbot's sarcasm across.
I enjoyed this! It is the first novel length book in the series which I have been wanting. 👇
pickRereading “All Systems Red” for my book club recently left me with an ART-shaped hole that needed filling. So, I reread “Artificial Condition” and enjoyed it anew 😊
pickI wouldn't normally read a 351 page book in less than 24 hours, but... Murderbot! What you gonna do? 📖🤷🏻♂️
I loved this longer installment. Being introduced to new characters, the return of established found-family, gender and relationship #diversity, a #neurodivergent coded MC, and a future socialist utopia 🚩holding its own against a brutal capitalist dystopia 🍊 was just what I needed to binge 😊
I re-read the previous four Murderbot Diaries earlier this year to refresh my memory so I could read Network Effect, which was a Christmas gift, but then I didn't read Network Effect! Rather than re-re-read the earlier books, I read the synopses on Wikipedia ("Previously on Murderbot Diaries"), and then read nearly half the book overnight! It's good to be back in SecUnit's company ??
pickI needed to reread “All Systems Red” for my book club. Last time I read it was 2020 lock down days and I devoured all the MurderBot I could while chilling on my patio 😊
My son bought Murderbot prints from Tommy Arnold https://www.tommyarnoldart.com/ and I just totally unprofessionally framed them.
