This return back to the original team really satisfied everything I loved about this series in the first place, and also I think helped me better contextualize the previous book. Wells is just so good at making me invested in these characters--not just Murderbot, of course, but the rest of the team. It's one of the strengths I missed in the last book, but it's back even stronger in this one. 

The nuance with which Murderbot's dilemma is grappled with, narratively and by the other characters, is really beautifully done. I think it works way better here and I'm really looking forward to this story having the opportunity to really relish in a longer space in the next book!