Book Review
Aug. 12th, 2025 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariArtificial Condition
by Martha Wells
This is the second Murderbot novel, in which Murderbot, now free from corporate control, travels to a mining colony to find out the truth about a fuzzily remembered dark episode in their past. Along the way, they team up with a sentient Research Transport spaceship and help a group of scientists resolve their conflict with a dangerous businesswoman.
This one had a more intricate plot than the first novel, and I really liked seeing Murderbot acting a a security consultant as a independent person rather than a corporate machine. I really liked the way the plot highlighted the contrast between Murderbot engaging in violence at the command of corporate owners versus engaging in violence as a result of its own assessments and reactions to a situation. Plus, I really liked the interactions between the spaceship and Murderbot. Also, watching Murderbot struggle with being seen and interacted with as a person rather than a thing was sweet.
by Martha Wells
This is the second Murderbot novel, in which Murderbot, now free from corporate control, travels to a mining colony to find out the truth about a fuzzily remembered dark episode in their past. Along the way, they team up with a sentient Research Transport spaceship and help a group of scientists resolve their conflict with a dangerous businesswoman.
This one had a more intricate plot than the first novel, and I really liked seeing Murderbot acting a a security consultant as a independent person rather than a corporate machine. I really liked the way the plot highlighted the contrast between Murderbot engaging in violence at the command of corporate owners versus engaging in violence as a result of its own assessments and reactions to a situation. Plus, I really liked the interactions between the spaceship and Murderbot. Also, watching Murderbot struggle with being seen and interacted with as a person rather than a thing was sweet.
