Overall feeling: cute, but all over the joint.

Martha Wells knows how to craft a story, set a cracking pace, and possesses an ironic tone in her writing style that is endearing and engaging. I’m still really excited to pick up the next book in the series, but am trying to pace myself out because I am so thoroughly enjoying the Murderbot Diaries. I like that these novellas are fairly unpredictable in the sense that you never know what wrench is going to be thrown into the storyline, but predictable enough in that it is episodic by nature. But we only get fleeting glimpses of it because Murderbot stays on task and moves on once the mission is complete. Miki was a great contrast for Murderbot, and provided the reader, and Murderbot, with a nifty lens to show a path that is open, an identity that can be crafted, oh the possibilities. Murderbot seemed to take a backward step as he switched back into the SecUnit role, rather than that of Consultant. I loved the human interactions with a new group on this mission, though there was less of an emotional bond on the surface as there was in previous books. I think that’s why this is my lowest ranked book in the series so far. I did feel like it ended a little abruptly and there are some issues raised that are going to have to be addressed in the next instalments, though I wish there would have at least been some acknowledgement at the end of ‘ Rogue Protocol…’ Murderbot seemed to be a bit all over the place emotionally, and his processing power is stretched to its limits, so it really did seem like we were missing bits. There is action galore and I did not want to put the book down.

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