A review by chaptersofmads
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

3.0

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”

I wanted to love this, but I just felt very bored while reading it? Which is a bit sad in a book that's this short.

Despite the fact I didn't care for it, I get why people like it so much. Murderbot is funny and relatable to people with social anxiety, but their personality wasn't enough to keep me invested in the story, unfortunately. I kept having to force myself to pay attention and I'm not even entirely sure why.

Maybe this is a situation where the book just wasn't for me. I'm glad people like it as much as they do and I wish I'd enjoyed it more than I did.