I'm a bit late to the party, but this book made me laugh out loud multiple times even though I was alone in my house. "Murderbot" is not allowed to be as relatable as it is. Very clever. I read it all on one night. Looking forward to inhaling the next in the series, too.

I love poetry, linguistics, and sci-fi, so it feels like this book was made for me personally. Grief and love are heavy on every page.

It's short, so I'd recommend reading this one through at least twice. I can't explain it, though. I liked it. It's fascinating.

Fun read. I loved the cultural and queer representation. A bit frustrating at times, since the author had a habit of making a side character essentially tell one of the leads "this thing you're doing is problematic," and the lead go "huh. that's true," and then go and do it anyway. Almost as if they had written themselves into a corner, but instead of reworking things, decided to acknowledge (and then ignore) the problem they'd noticed. It was after I finished it that I learned it was apparently written during the pandemic while the author was at home, and a part of me went "yeah that makes sense." A rambling story. Still a fun read!

Something was needling the back of my mind the entire time I was reading (and enjoying) this book. Then I realized: I was waiting for the metaphor, but there is no metaphor. Whether it's a real-live abusive relationship, or a fictional one where the abused party is an actual robot, it changes *nothing*. It's almost as if, when someone thinks of you as an object, they'll treat you like an object. Fantastic book.