Of Monsters and Mainframes

Well I can say I finished this book. I was modestly entertained, it's fun enough, but it's not great.

it suffers too much from being like Murderbot but not as good as Murderbot. I hate to say it, it may be totally unfair to the author, but it's the same shtick of having a weird POV character who is a human-like AI with wisecracks and unusual gender. If I'd never encountered that idea in Murderbot I would have found this much more clever. Instead I couldn't help but make comparisons and this book is not flattered by them.

My main complaint is with the stories. And the monsters. It seems like a clever conceit, bringing classic horror novel monsters onto a spaceship. It just falls totally flat. I could barely bring myself to care about the story, or the conflict, or any of the details of the plot.

The one thing that was really nice and sweet is when we learn that Demeter is falling in love with Steward. That was nice!

If you're into the idea of this book then by all means please read it, it is well written and entertaining. But still just OK for me, not particularly distinguished.