Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries, 5)
WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!
The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series.
An Amazon Best of the Year So Far Pick
Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | Book Riot | Polygon
“I caught myself rereading my favorite parts... and I can’t recommend it enough.” —The New York Times
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.
Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you’ll read this century.
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I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.
Drastic action it is, then.
The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry
System Collapse
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Community Reviews
Thinking on this a bit longer I think what's got me down on these books as i get deeper in the series is the lack of movement in the overarching plot isn't moving fast enough. I feel like I'm enduring a very formulaic story to get small bits of the real plot. I was invested in the character and deeper invested in the duo after the second book. But it feels like nothing great has been done since the second book.
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