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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

Start date: May 1, 2020

Finish date: May 31, 2020

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Dec 15, 2022 Lanko rated it it was ok

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It was ok... it didn't do much for me.

The first page was the best thing about it and that's pretty much it.

For a novella of just 100 pages introducing a crew of 5-6 people plus Murderbot felt the roster was way too crowded. So no one ended up distinguishable enough. Maybe it should've been just the bot and Mensah, maybe Gurinth too, and she or they would have expressed the same things the other characters tried, but hopefully being now more distinguishable characters.

If the characters didn't re ...more

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Aug 11, 2018 Raquel V rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, audiobooks, ne-challenge-2018, favorites-of-2018

This was an absolute delight! Short, yes, but so great! (It is a short story. I saw some reviewers in the Audible page complaining about it and the only thing I could think of is that they didn't realize that going into it?) Sometimes novellas make me feel like I am missing something, or that the story was rushed. Not this one, it was perfect just as it is. In this short span I came to care for every single side character, for the world they introduced, for the main plot (which does have a lot t ...more

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