Reviews and Comments

Seems like pulpy fun, but coming into this series at the third book isn't really doing it justice. Correia tries to fill in any details you might have forgot, but without having read the previous entries there's just too much baggage to keep straight in your head as a first time reader.

Not going to leave a rating, because I'm sure I would be more invested if I'd read the previous two entries.

Saved this from the library's pulp pile. I thought this would be a fun bit of trash, based on the cover art. Maybe I'm just that suggestible, but after reading a couple chapters I'm kind of into it! It's kind of good??? I'm so confused right now lol

Picked this up in a big bag of cheap books at my local library's Fall used book sale. On the outset it looks kind of chaotic, in a similar way to The Starless Sea -- where I'm not sure what the book is even about. But what little I've glimpsed has been super evocative, so I'm excited to find out!

Loved the projection of the titular SecUnit's feelings on to the experience of another bot. Great characters as always from Wells.

I can't remember the last time I read a book that flowed so effortlessly. There is no "dead air" in this novel. Lots of dialogue, with terse and welcome descriptions keep things moving without feeling rushed. The alien species is truly alien and disturbing on multiple levels, without coming off as malevolent.

The novel takes on a pretty different tone shortly after the halfway point, which I could definitely see upsetting people. It upset me, even though I loved the book. I think that's the point, but look up the CWs for yourself if you don't want to chance it.

I'm used to novels that much more clearly editorialize the author's morality into the book somehow. This one leaves that kind of hinting completely out, leaving you kind of gaslit over how to feel.

There is a pretty strong reading that can be done of this book from a critical lens of colonialism, and through that viewport, Dawn is an account of experiencing the overwhelming force of another peoples technology and culture.

I think anything I could say about this book I could say about the previous ones in the series. Enjoyable, endearing, and with a sort of cultured, high-pulp feel.

Maybe it's because I started reading the Murderbot series with a much later entry, and so I know where the titular SecUnit ends up; because this story feels like it is a slice in the crescent of a larger arc, where nothing particularly groundbreaking is revealed.

Really good. I liked it a lot and have already started on the next one.

I love a fantastical narrative, but I guess I have a heart of SF underneath it all so I found the shifting internal story-logic (not unlike dream-logic) a bit unsatisfying. But I also love a good yarn, and this one has enough to keep an entire battalion of kittens occupied until Spring.

I loved the characters and place descriptions, and the plot is a total page turner. The visuals: unique and haecceitous. The media references: chef's kiss.

Jackpot! Found this a book giveaway and oh my god, I had heard that Octavia Butler was one of The scifi authors to read, but I had no idea it would be this riveting.

Immediately I see the themes and topics in the first section of this book mirrored in so many contemporary stories I've read. Really really fascinating, learning about a different people, and getting to know the character of Dawn, the protagonist.