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A review by simonlorden
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
5.0
2023.10.03.
so many complex emotions.
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re-read on 2019.01.01.
a couple of thoughts
1) Murderbot is non-human and genderless, but pretty much every single human supporting character in the series is non-white, queer and/or polyamorous. seriously. almost all of them.
2) the scene towards the end where Murderbot has to reconstruct its memory was perfect and such a good way to end this mini-series. and on the second read, I LOVED the semi-open ending with the options.
3) I love that Murderbot returned to the original crew and they are such a family and I have feelings.
4) in case you were wondering, it's entirely possible to read all four Murderbot novellas + the prequel short in one day, if you have little else to do. not that I have experience in that or anything.
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original review:
Abene had known I was a SecUnit, but she didn’t know I was me.
Murderbot is back, and I can only repeat myself when I say how much I adore this character: an android construct who is incredibly relatable to introvert people and people with anxiety while also being capable at its job and funny as hell. Murderbot takes several names as it pretends to be an augmented human to get around, and it insists it doesn’t get attached to humans… then does it anyway.
Since I loved the Murderbot Diaries so much, I had high expectations and I was worried throughout the last book that the ending would somehow disappoint me, but I actually loved it. I get easily attached and thus I didn’t like that Murderbot keeps making temporary friends and then leaving them, but the ending gave the possibility of reconnecting/keeping in touch with several people it made friends with during the books, and most importantly: it was an open ending where Murderbot doesn’t quite know what to do yet, but has possibilities and a choice. Open endings are difficult to get right for me because if they are too open then I just feel like I got no closure, but in this case it was just the right amount of open. (Plus, there’s a full-length novel coming out in a few years, so there’s that.)
Read the full review on my blog, A Thousand Worlds.
so many complex emotions.
--
re-read on 2019.01.01.
a couple of thoughts
1) Murderbot is non-human and genderless, but pretty much every single human supporting character in the series is non-white, queer and/or polyamorous. seriously. almost all of them.
2) the scene towards the end where Murderbot has to reconstruct its memory was perfect and such a good way to end this mini-series. and on the second read, I LOVED the semi-open ending with the options.
3) I love that Murderbot returned to the original crew and they are such a family and I have feelings.
4) in case you were wondering, it's entirely possible to read all four Murderbot novellas + the prequel short in one day, if you have little else to do. not that I have experience in that or anything.
--
original review:
Abene had known I was a SecUnit, but she didn’t know I was me.
Murderbot is back, and I can only repeat myself when I say how much I adore this character: an android construct who is incredibly relatable to introvert people and people with anxiety while also being capable at its job and funny as hell. Murderbot takes several names as it pretends to be an augmented human to get around, and it insists it doesn’t get attached to humans… then does it anyway.
Since I loved the Murderbot Diaries so much, I had high expectations and I was worried throughout the last book that the ending would somehow disappoint me, but I actually loved it. I get easily attached and thus I didn’t like that Murderbot keeps making temporary friends and then leaving them, but the ending gave the possibility of reconnecting/keeping in touch with several people it made friends with during the books, and most importantly: it was an open ending where Murderbot doesn’t quite know what to do yet, but has possibilities and a choice. Open endings are difficult to get right for me because if they are too open then I just feel like I got no closure, but in this case it was just the right amount of open. (Plus, there’s a full-length novel coming out in a few years, so there’s that.)
Read the full review on my blog, A Thousand Worlds.