bbbhltz a publié une critique de System Collapse par Martha Wells
Just more Murderbot
3 étoiles
Yes. It is just more Murderbot. And that is a good thing.
Livre relié, 256 pages
Langue : English
Publié 14 novembre 2023 par Tordotcom.
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.
But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast!
Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.
Yes. It is just more Murderbot. And that is a good thing.
While the complexity of trauma and self-doubt was a welcome thread here, this felt like a solid novella lost its way in variations.