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reviewed Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #5)

Martha Wells: Network Effect (2020) 4 stars

It has a dark past--one in which a number of humans were killed. A past …

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5 stars

Full length Murderbot! And it totally delivered as you can no doubt tell from the score I have given it.
Murderbot is such a strongly realised creation that it could carry an average story on it's own, fortunately this novel has a strong story to go along with Murderbot. The author wisely keeps the shenanigans at a small enough scale that you can relate along with Murderbot's increasing confidence in being free. This is still Space Opera however so there are still plenty of bangs for your buck.
The whole series remains highly recommended but they really need to do an omnibus of the first 4 novellas at a reasonable price.

2022 Re-read
Score still stands. I must say I particularly took my time with the last third on this read through and it paid off with some new gems that were in there. This is a very strong novel, just quality entertainment from start to finish.