System Collapse

, #7

Hardcover, 256 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2023 by Tordotcom.

ISBN:
978-1-250-82697-8
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Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

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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reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Binge watch..., ehem, reading helps a lot

Glad I am reading all the books back to back.

Love the longer novels in the series. Diving into the more human aspect of SecUnit. Tbh, I missed all the hacking into systems - and somehow (after such a long time preparing for the end) the book was ending too fast (meaning I could have gone with another chapter or two ;).

Off to read #8 - Platform Decay

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Excellent even for Murderbot

Lots of interiority. Lots of bot feelings. Lots of humanity. An emotional entry in the series, exciting and satisfying.

By no means a sprawling story, but the tale it tells is punchy and marked by that trademark try-hard hopepunk aesthetic we've come to love by this point in the books. <3

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Another Murderbot adventure

For the first half of the book I was a bit confused, perhaps because it is really a sequel/continuation of Network Effect (and it's been a while since I read that). In the end I did enjoy it, particularly the middle part, where Murderbot does something completely unmurdery to save the day.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Murhabotti alisuorittaa

Suoraa jatkoa Network Effectille, jossa Murhabotti ihmisineen selvitteli siirtokunnan asioita planeetan pinnalla.

Toinen yhtiö ei vaan luovuta vaan haluaa kaikki asukkaat orjatyöläisiksi, mitä Murhabotin ihmiset haluavat estää. Siirtokunnan historiasta selviää uusia asioita ja täytyy lähteä tuntematonta kohti. Murhabotti itse ei ole oikein kunnossa.

Kirja lähti liikkeelle melko täysillä ja selittelemättä. Oli niin paljon erilaisia tunneleita ja hangaareja että vähän jo eksyin niihin. Ehkä ei ihan paras sarjassa.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

You know what you’ll get

It’s been long enough between books that I looked up a recap of where we last left Murberbot. Glad I did, because then I was able to just enjoy this one. It’s more of the same, which is what it’s felt like for a while with Murderbot, but that’s OK! Very incremental character development on their part, but the character is interesting enough that I’m happy to spend more time with them.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

I love me some Murderbot.

Same Murderbot confusion about how the world works (and emotions), then same gripping action. My palms sweat when the fights start.

I think I'm going to have to binge these again because it takes me half the novella to remember who everybody is. I suppose I have that to look forward to.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

💗 Murderbot 💗

I continue to love the Murderbot series. By this point, the action parts have lost impact because there's too much precedent for how they're going to turn out, so I think it's wise of Wells to play that part down a bit in this book, in favour of a story more about persuasion and trust building. And the ongoing saga of Murderbot learning about both its limits and capabilities continues to be one of the most relatable arcs in SF/F.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Another Great Murderbot Story

Content warning Maybe a little bit of a spoiler ahead but probably not much. Nothing to ruin the plot anyways,

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Always fun to visit our friend the MurderBot

I'll be honest - I can't remember much from the previous books, especially not any details about the many human characters. But MurderBot is such a fun person to listen to talk, it doesn't really matter.

reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

S.E.C. unit continues to grow into what it means to be both human and free

This one picked up right where the last one left off. I always enjoy Martha Wells, this one is no different.

I defs needed that deadpanned Murderbot wittiness in a detailed world build... It's what keeps me reading this series!

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