![]() ![]() The team never stood out to any great degree, but that's partly because until this expedition, Murderbot has had generally negative experiences with the people they have been contracted to protect and assumed this group would be more of the same. ![]() Characterization is one of the outstanding parts of the story, with Murderbot's nature getting a lot of subtle build. ![]() It isn't long before both Murderbot and the team realize they're facing multiple types of danger. Written as a novella, the plot takes off from page two. I have to confess that sounds like me during most of my adolescent years at every family event, ever, just substitute a book for video. calls themselves (MB is sexless and has not chosen a pronoun), is plainly uncomfortable with personal attention and has little interest in anything outside entertainment videos and the bare minimum required to do their job. I can relate to Murderbot, the misanthropic construct who is contracted to provide security detail for a small expedition to a planet. Also, you may have noticed, I don't care." In my defense, we'd been here twenty-two planetary days and I hadn't had to do anything but stand around watching humans make scans or take samples of dirt, rocks, water, and leaves. I hadn't looked at the maps yet and I'd barely looked at the survey package. "Confession time: I don't actually know where we are. ![]()
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