Murderbot Diaries #5: Network Effect - A Novel by Martha Wells

Lewis: More mystery adventure stuff to provide more cover for the deep stuff about the psychology of sentient machines or half machines.

United States on Jan 05, 2024

Charlotte Henley Babb: SecUnit is a great character. It is fun to see its interactions with its humans and other constructs. I love this series.

United States on Jan 03, 2024

AndRhysHend: This book definitely had some emotional growth for Murderbot, by which I mean it actually expresses their feelings and even tell a human character they like them! In the non-gross way of course 😋. This is slowly becoming one of my favorite series and I absolutely love the banter between ART and Murderbot!

United States on Jan 02, 2024

David Ross: Unusually credible SF universe. Characterization rich, deep, thought-provoking. Plenty of action. Plenty of surprises. Seamlessly conceived and executed.

Outstanding work, Mdme Wells!

Canada on Jan 02, 2024

Michael Delaney: I keep saying it, but each installment in this series continues to improve in some way or another, and now that Wells has written a full length novel in the series, she’s able to really show how good she is at this on a larger scale, and while I did feel that there were some minor issues, this was really a treat to read and came with some highs and some lows, but nothing that I absolutely hated. Still a good entry that I enjoyed, nonetheless.

The plot was a bit on par of what the novellas have been, though I do think it did expand a bit more but I expected a little bit more from a full length novel. The first half of the book and the last several chapters were a lot more exciting than the middle part was, the middle part felt like the pacing of the story just took a bit of a lull, before it finally started to slowly pick back up, aside from that, I thought that Wells did a good job of making everything intense and exciting. There was plenty of action that I thought was amazing and a little bit of mystery as to what was going on that just had me frothing to read more, to find out just what Murderbot had gotten itself into.

“Because change is terrifying. Choices...

United States on Dec 18, 2023

Charlie H.: Absolutely adore this book, the interactions, the relationships. My only hope for the next book is that the ungendered characters remain ungendered and do not have that particular human problem thrust upon them. Thank you Ms Wells, for your stories.

United Kingdom on Nov 10, 2023

Michael Lynn McGuire: Book number five of a seven book series of science fiction novellas, short stories, and full length novels according to the publishing date. However, this is book number six of the seven book series according to series chronological date. I reread the well printed and well bound hardcover published by Tor in 2020 that I bought new from Amazon. I purchased the hardcover since it was cheaper than the trade paperback at the time. The series won the 2021 Hugo for the best series. I have all seven books in the series and am reading the seventh book now.

Dr. Arada really wants Murderbot to stop calling hostile people "Targets". But, Dr. Arada is a terminal optimist. Murderbot is providing security for Dr. Arada's latest planetary survey when they are held up for food and ransom by a gang in a large boat on a water world. Dr. Thiego was attempting to negotiate with the Targets when the leader shot Murderbot. Murderbot seems to always be the first to get shot. And the last to get shot. As Murderbot resolves the situation, they launch their vessel from the ocean, and join the tractorship in orbit. They return to the Preservation system but are kidnapped almost as soon as they emerge...

United States on Apr 26, 2023

Regina D: This is probably my favorite Murderbot adventure yet - and that's saying something! I loved reconnecting (ha!) with old friends and getting to know new ones, and I appreciated getting a glimpse into a couple of different POVs as well.

More, please?

Germany on Jan 06, 2023

Rodrigo Menendez Arzac: Espere hasta leer esta novela después de haber leído los otros cuatro cuentos cortos para poder escribir mi reseña y puedo decir que toda la serie de Murderbot es excelente. Aunque el precio de los primeros 4 cuentos es alto considerando que no son novelas sino cuentos cortos, la verdad es que se disfrutan tanto que al final vale la pena el gasto. Creo que serían mucho más atractivas para el público en general si sacaran un paquete de la serie completa a un precio más razonable.

Mexico on Apr 13, 2022

Amazon Customer: This book should be on the reading list for AI researchers who aspire to develop true AI entity. As robotics and AI engineer, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and this series so far. Many technical details were quite realistic and plausible.

India on Apr 13, 2022