I made a terrible error that I then corrected, in that I read the Murderbot novellas out of order. This is the third novella, and I read this second, but I did eventually go back and read the second one, which I'm very glad I did because of the character of ART, my favorite sentient ship.
This one is quite good as well, but it didn't fully move me in quite the same way. It feels more like a story in which Murderbot learned an important lesson about humans and their robots, and how those relationships function, and while that is important, I had a harder time with it overall. It's also the saddest in a lot of ways, though, which may be why I found it hard; it involves the death of a robot, who dies in part to save her owner, and it hurts on a number of different levels, and I just...wish it hadn't. Apparently robot death isn't something I'm handling very well during this time (along with just about everything else). I don't know. I think you should read it because all four of the novellas really build upon each other, especially when you read the novel, but it's the novella that stands out the least for me.
Grade: B
This one is quite good as well, but it didn't fully move me in quite the same way. It feels more like a story in which Murderbot learned an important lesson about humans and their robots, and how those relationships function, and while that is important, I had a harder time with it overall. It's also the saddest in a lot of ways, though, which may be why I found it hard; it involves the death of a robot, who dies in part to save her owner, and it hurts on a number of different levels, and I just...wish it hadn't. Apparently robot death isn't something I'm handling very well during this time (along with just about everything else). I don't know. I think you should read it because all four of the novellas really build upon each other, especially when you read the novel, but it's the novella that stands out the least for me.
Grade: B
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