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System Collapse [Dramatized Adaptation]
★★★★★Read Sep 27, 2024
OK definitely time to lay off the Murderbot books. I re-read 1-4 recently and enjoyed them even more a second time. I think because the novelty of Murderbot's odd personality really shone through those first books. It's still here in the newer books but the shtick has worn thin and hasn't evolved much. If anything Murderbot is becoming more typical human which honestly isn't that interesting!
But what really doesn't work for me is it's just hard to follow the action. Wells is a good writer and structures things mostly well, but when it gets to all the people and bots moving around and stuff being blown up it's hard to follow (or care) what's happening. Just fell flat for me and was a bit tedious to finish.
Goodreads readers give it 4.26★, from 412 ratings. I gave it 2★, −2.3, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it less than most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Novella, Space.