I have followed this series with nothing short of awe and laughter and tears. What makes Murderbot so endearing is that he knows life is hard and peopI have followed this series with nothing short of awe and laughter and tears. What makes Murderbot so endearing is that he knows life is hard and people and relationship can be difficult and one would rather watch their favorite TV series or read their favorite book and hide from the world. Because it's all...just...hard. Murderbot is our reluctant hero who makes us laugh with their snark and antics but at the same time who is so easy to identify with and empathize with because in this story Muderbot is not ok "something in me broke".
I read somewhere MW was diagnosed with breast cancer and going through chemo while writing this installment and the hardness of life and the vulnerability comes through but not in an annoying way. But in a way to help us all get through those tough times. ...more
I LOVE MUDERBOT! I dont know - in maybe every paragraph there is a favorite line highlighted. Muderbot brought me out of a reading slump and filled meI LOVE MUDERBOT! I dont know - in maybe every paragraph there is a favorite line highlighted. Muderbot brought me out of a reading slump and filled me with snort-laughing over and over again.
(Im on a self-imposed book-buying-ban (only Kindle Unlimited, library borrows, and books already on my shelf) BUT I feel like I really need the physical books of this series. Like. really need.) ..
“I was having an emotion, and I hate that. I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions”
“It would have been hilarious if I wasn’t about to die. It was still a little hilarious.”
“I really needed to get around to setting that one-second delay on my mouth.”
“I was trying not to think about all the ways I’d screwed up and what might happen next, a future that was bound to include even more creative screw-ups on my part. I had gotten used to the former and I hated going back to the latter.”
"why have a bed that could easily accommodate four medium to large humans when you only had one hook for towels in the bath facility? Were humans suppose to share the towel?"
This is a Masterclass in story telling, world building, and character development. Simply amazing.
This is extraordinary story telling in a harsh worldThis is a Masterclass in story telling, world building, and character development. Simply amazing.
This is extraordinary story telling in a harsh world with characters that literally made me shed a tear - most especially Captain Gregor Dandolo ..."he is just trying to fix the world because it's the only way he knows to fix himself"
Chaos. Fuckin chaos. This was a ride of chaos and I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! A lot of questions answered but...ah....hmmm....haha....soooooo many new Chaos. Fuckin chaos. This was a ride of chaos and I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! A lot of questions answered but...ah....hmmm....haha....soooooo many new questions at the same time.
(I love Nesta)
The sheer magnitude. The sheer....bigness.... of this storytelling is simply something truly remarkable to behold and witness. The way it makes one escape and travel to different worlds....
Storytelling, man.... This is just amazing, fun, crazy, beautiful storytelling.
(ps: I love Nesta- i didn't think I could love her more than I did in ACOSF... but here we are)...more
If I had a therapist I would walk into their office and plop this book down on their desk and proclaim "This. This is why I am the way I am. This is wIf I had a therapist I would walk into their office and plop this book down on their desk and proclaim "This. This is why I am the way I am. This is where I want to live. Here. In this book. I want to climb in here and walk through doors only I can see in tobacco fields." And imaginary therapist would understand me on a whole new different level.
I am forever and always a Time Traveling fiend. There is nothing that brings my little mind alive more than twists and turns of time and the threads that weave and unravel through it.
I started reading book 5 Network Effect and realized I forgot a lot of what happened in this first book. Rereading it was filled with jusReread 8/2024
I started reading book 5 Network Effect and realized I forgot a lot of what happened in this first book. Rereading it was filled with just as much entertainment as it was the first time - but this time around I caught quite a bit that I missed the first time. Don't get me wrong I probably snort/laughed even more this time around but now I caught the subtleties. The humanness. The vulnerability. The fear. The love. This is truly a brilliant book, a brilliant Series. And it is not just for Sci-Fi fans. This Series is for everyone. I can't get enough of Muderbot.
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I am Murderbot. And Murderbot is me.
How. How have I not read this before. Its been a long time since I've been so entertained and had so much fun with a book....more
This was sooooooooo good. The peeling back of the layers from page 1 to the very end had me enthralled every second of this book. Story telling at it'This was sooooooooo good. The peeling back of the layers from page 1 to the very end had me enthralled every second of this book. Story telling at it's finest - the fact I was able to escape and live in this world for a few days is what reading is all about....more
Heartwrenching yet incredible. There is no way to capture the magic of this book that is so SOOOOOO packed with emotions and tension and... and ...theHeartwrenching yet incredible. There is no way to capture the magic of this book that is so SOOOOOO packed with emotions and tension and... and ...the gut wrenching journey Sorcha travels on. I. Just. Can't....more
What. In. The. Hell. I am not well after reading this. My mind is blown and bits of my brain are scattered all around me and I don't know how to put tWhat. In. The. Hell. I am not well after reading this. My mind is blown and bits of my brain are scattered all around me and I don't know how to put them back together. Don't read this - it will break your brain. OK. Fine. Read it. Because I need other brain-broken-people to talk about this with. ...more
This is for the dreamers. This is for the ones who hold out hope. This is for the ones who have been through the lows of life and still... and still...This is for the dreamers. This is for the ones who hold out hope. This is for the ones who have been through the lows of life and still... and still.... believe in magic ✨
“Magic,” the man in the grey suit repeats, turning the word into a laugh. “This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you,” he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. “Not a one of them even has an inkling of the things that are possible in this world, and what’s worse is that none of them would listen if you attempted to enlighten them. They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence.”...more