Defalt
Murderbot comes to the rescue
Again there are a few reminders about the events of the previous—now three—books, still not a fan of this.
The plot thickens but it's still not too deep or difficult to follow. Although all of the main character's actions are mostly familiar they still feel interesting because of different situations and environments and the action is pretty cool. Also there are a few personal, emotional conversations so I have to rate this one higher even considering the length.
And the ending is really nice!
Still can’t get enough of this series, and the novella size should make it fun to reread.
Murderbot comes to the rescue
Again there are a few reminders about the events of the previous—now three—books, still not a fan of this.
The plot thickens but it's still not too deep or difficult to follow. Although all of the main character's actions are mostly familiar they still feel interesting because of different situations and environments and the action is pretty cool. Also there are a few personal, emotional conversations so I have to rate this one higher even considering the length.
And the ending is really nice!
Still can’t get enough of this series, and the novella size should make it fun to reread.
Confusing time jumps
There are some nice features—grand, fascinating, new sci-fi ideas like dark forest deterrence game theory and other dimensions, interactions with 4th dimension, dark forest proof, sophon in human society, shocking action episode with heavy consequences, some creepy anomalies. But these features happen so rarely over the course of the 700 pages book and are made insignificant by everything else in the book. Like Singer is so interesting, unusual and excellently shows a perspective of a super powerful civilization. Why is there only one small chapter about him?
It reads like a documentary in some chapters describing a character's biography and history and jumps around time periods that were already explored in the previous books. Overall there are a lot of time jumps here with too many explanations. And the very long and vague fairytales holding some very important secrets that require too much time to decipher, yeah, that’s what we need in a sci-fi story about dark forests and aliens. And author being too sexist in places—introvert scientist who "had never even touched woman", very feminine men who look strange to the main character who is a woman—like it’s from 1970s, not 2010.
Also after a few disasters with the same kind of solution in a row it becomes really hard to care, especially when the main character who is much less interesting than those in the previous books and with the dialogues being terrible in places. The last part of the book, about 100 pages, being really dark doesn’t help at all.
I hope this story can be presented in a more exciting way in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the series as this world has a lot of potential.
Confusing time jumps
There are some nice features—grand, fascinating, new sci-fi ideas like dark forest deterrence game theory and other dimensions, interactions with 4th dimension, dark forest proof, sophon in human society, shocking action episode with heavy consequences, some creepy anomalies. But these features happen so rarely over the course of the 700 pages book and are made insignificant by everything else in the book. Like Singer is so interesting, unusual and excellently shows a perspective of a super powerful civilization. Why is there only one small chapter about him?
It reads like a documentary in some chapters describing a character's biography and history and jumps around time periods that were already explored in the previous books. Overall there are a lot of time jumps here with too many explanations. And the very long and vague fairytales holding some very important secrets that require too much time to decipher, yeah, that’s what we need in a sci-fi story about dark forests and aliens. And author being too sexist in places—introvert scientist who "had never even touched woman", very feminine men who look strange to the main character who is a woman—like it’s from 1970s, not 2010.
Also after a few disasters with the same kind of solution in a row it becomes really hard to care, especially when the main character who is much less interesting than those in the previous books and with the dialogues being terrible in places. The last part of the book, about 100 pages, being really dark doesn’t help at all.
I hope this story can be presented in a more exciting way in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the series as this world has a lot of potential.
Detective Murderbot
Our beloved murderbot tries to blend in the society and struggles with new kinds of anxiety. There’s a lot of mystery and detective work here and just one action scene.
The simplicity of descriptions is kinda refreshing after most other books and reminds me of some classic sci-fi like Stainless Steel Rat. But there’s a bit too much recapping of the previous book, especially considering that they’re both pretty short.
Also it features some new, interesting sci-fi concepts like future forms of money and communication between bots. And the ending is fine, leading to the next adventure.
Wish it was a bit longer, but I'm still glad that it exists.
Detective Murderbot
Our beloved murderbot tries to blend in the society and struggles with new kinds of anxiety. There’s a lot of mystery and detective work here and just one action scene.
The simplicity of descriptions is kinda refreshing after most other books and reminds me of some classic sci-fi like Stainless Steel Rat. But there’s a bit too much recapping of the previous book, especially considering that they’re both pretty short.
Also it features some new, interesting sci-fi concepts like future forms of money and communication between bots. And the ending is fine, leading to the next adventure.
Wish it was a bit longer, but I'm still glad that it exists.
The first entry in The Murderbot Diaries is a short sci-fi adventure with cool, unusual concepts.
The story is told from first person perspective by a kinda security robot which has some social issues and likes to watch a lot of tv series.
Also there is a bit of tense action and are some mysterious detective moments. And on top of that it has an open ending...
Can't wait to read the next one!
The first entry in The Murderbot Diaries is a short sci-fi adventure with cool, unusual concepts.
The story is told from first person perspective by a kinda security robot which has some social issues and likes to watch a lot of tv series.
Also there is a bit of tense action and are some mysterious detective moments. And on top of that it has an open ending...
Can't wait to read the next one!
Monster horde returns
Features the same great style, atmosphere and a few cool characters from the first book and short, to the point intro—the first fight against a giant, dangerous monster is around page 50. However it feels a bit more overwhelming compared to the first book with too many events in parallel which can feel chaotic. And there’s a very annoyingly curious main character.
Even though there are still a few really large, epic battles, overall it's much less about epic and more about dramas and tragedies and mysteries about everyone. And the ending is nice, hinting at new adventures.
I hope the next book is a bit less tragic.
Monster horde returns
Features the same great style, atmosphere and a few cool characters from the first book and short, to the point intro—the first fight against a giant, dangerous monster is around page 50. However it feels a bit more overwhelming compared to the first book with too many events in parallel which can feel chaotic. And there’s a very annoyingly curious main character.
Even though there are still a few really large, epic battles, overall it's much less about epic and more about dramas and tragedies and mysteries about everyone. And the ending is nice, hinting at new adventures.
I hope the next book is a bit less tragic.
