System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
★★★★★
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The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure! Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. 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.
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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells left a clear impression on me. I loved how confidently this book delivers on its ideas and emotional impact. The pacing, character work, and central themes gave me enough to think about after finishing. It may not work for every reader, but it feels significant within its genre and worth recommending with context.
Details
| Pages | 245 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Tor Publishing Group/Tordotcom |
| Date read | 2024-01-31 |
| Date added | 2023-07-20 |