Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 2)
A USA Today bestseller
The "I love Murderbot!" —Ann Leckie
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.
Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.
What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…
The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry
System Collapse
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I finished Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries) and find myself inspired, hence this pretentious and weird review format. I must admit, as I continue this series, I am continuing to relate to Murderbot. As I read, there were so many moments when I thought, "SAME," after Murderbot reflected on things. Odd huh?
Perhaps I am some type of Unit, diary?
No...I don't think I would have knees that pop when I get out of bed in the morning if that were the case. Aging has its benefits, though. I get to eat burgers for breakfast, and people can't tell me not to because I am an adult, so that is cool. Popping knees and sizzling patties are what I look forward to in the morning. Anyway, I am digressing GR diary.
How great would it be to hitch a ride on ART and watch shows with it all day? I could do without the stress of protecting dumb humans. Ha ha, listen to me; I sound all bot-ish.
4.5 Stars!
Later GR diary - may delete later.
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Murderbot...MuRdeRBoT.... MURDERBOT!!!
Let's go! Starting my b-day month off right!
I enjoyed learning more about Murderbot in this sequel - its such a disinterested, moody yet entirely capable badass security unit confirmed, and it just wants to understand it's often history.
Whilst I'm glad Murderbot made a new friend, I didn't find the interactions with ART, a very intelligent bot, as enjoyable and funny as Murderbots interactions with it's humans in All Systems Red. But they were still fun, and what else could you expect from interactions between a construct and a bot.
I think what prevented this from being 5 stars for me was the sub plot with the humans - it felt disconnected from Murderbots self discovery journey, and I wasn't all that interested.
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