mouse reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
what a fun little read
No rating
it's hard to pull off a sardonic robot protagonist, and I think this did it
eBook, 156 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2017 by Tor.com.
4 stars
(15 reviews)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.
But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.
But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Shannon Kay reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Enjoyable Read
4 stars
It was a pleasant, funny, short book.
Review of 'All systems red' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It's good fun. Was a bit shorter than I expected so the ending felt a bit abrupt (reading it as part of a Tor ebook collection so couldn't see how long was left). Murderbot's an interesting character, and the story from their point of view is interesting, especially when there are so many hours of Sanctuary Moon left to be watched. The problem of that perspective is it makes it hard to distinguish the other characters from each other, but overall it's an enjoyable read.
WelshPixie reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Yep!
No rating
Very cute and awww and generally great. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series.
Violence: Yes Sexual scenes: No
David Eldred reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Review of 'All systems red' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
If a movie is ever made, Tig Notaro should play Murderbot.
Thomas Gaffney reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Review of 'All Systems Red' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I LOVED All Systems Red. Murderbot might be my new favorite character in all of Sci-Fi. I had to read this for my first grad school class at Emerson, and it was an overall winner. Highly recommended if you like Sci-Fi, or if you like character-driven stories that are quick-paced, with decent action and good suspense. I will most definitely be adding the other Murderbot books to my TBR pile.
bookafnd reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
a lot more fun than the cover looks
5 stars
the murderbot is SNARKY. i don't have much else to say about this book other than go read it, it's good and only 150 pages long
i do have one intelligent thing to say about it which is it raises a lot of interesting ideas regarding robot ethics and i hope she goes into that more in the sequels
Darius Kazemi reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I do not remember how I feel about this
3 stars
I read this a couple weeks ago and could tell you approximately nothing about the plot! I remember having a nice time reading it? It's short, which is to its credit. There is some stuff about untrustworthy corporations, and the main character is a robot whose robot-ness seems to be a metaphor for neurodivergence of some kind? I don't know. It never really came together but also, hey, it was short.
good
3 stars
This was nice. Extremely pulp, but managed to get at some larger ideas.
Kévin reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Review of 'All systems red' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Bit of a quick read, but not going to complain. Personally I liked the storyline, the humour of the murderbot too.
I may or may not be (read : I am currently) throwing money at the other books right now.
