bbbhltz reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Just more Murderbot
3 étoiles
Yes. It is just more Murderbot. And that is a good thing.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Langue : English
Publié 14 novembre 2023 par Tordotcom.
4 étoiles
(5 critiques)
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.
loppear reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
indecisive
3 étoiles
While the complexity of trauma and self-doubt was a welcome thread here, this felt like a solid novella lost its way in variations.
norb reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Another Great Murderbot Story
4 étoiles
Content warning Maybe a little bit of a spoiler ahead but probably not much. Nothing to ruin the plot anyways,
Once again, Martha Wells spins out a fun Muderbot tale.
I've enjoyed the journey that Wells has taken us on in regards to Murderbot's progress to more "humanity."
In many ways, Murderbot is often the most humane of characters in these stories as it is always putting itself in danger before the "real" humans.
I enjoyed that as these books have progressed, SecUnit has had to become more human for survival, but also apparently for it's own self improvement. As it ran out of more and more drones in this story, it even commented on how being a human must be terrible.
I'm always impressed with Wells' ability to put the reader into the shoes of something that is inherently not human, but yet still shows us a better side of humanity.
