Previous book here in terms of writing, but this book comes immediately after this one.
This is one it took me a long time to figure out what was going on and to get into it. I admit I postponed reading it because I was quite confused, though it got better for me in the latter half. Not sure if it's just me, though apparently someone else at Reactor had the same issue. I just felt too tech-overwhelmed to get what the hell was going on for such a long time. It also could use a little more people-ness in the plot, though more of that comes on later.
Anyway: Murderbot, ART, and company are on a planet, trying to save some colonists from being convinced to sell themselves to a shitty corporation, and Murderbot has had Some Kind Of Incident in which its brain circuits were unexpectedly blown for a bit, which has quietly freaked it out. (I hear ya, Murderbot, been there more times.) In the end, Murderbot comes up with an excellent way to convince the colonists not to sell themselves into indentured servitude, and it's a perfect suggestion that goes along with well, its favorite hobby. So that was adorable and made the book a lot better. That said, it was hard for me to get through it and I say this having forced myself to read it all in one go today.
This is not a very good review and I don't seem to be able to write a good one of it, read this instead, though the Reactor one is more how I felt about it.
Two and a half stars. I hate to rate Murderbot so low, but just plan getting into and comprehending this book was hard for me, and if a book starts out confusing or rocky, the odds of finishing it get a lot worse.
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