Originally posted to I Should Read That

Artificial Condition is my favourite of the series. In this book, we get the expanded world building and much more solid and purposeful plot that I craved the first time I read All Systems Red. Murderbot has an interesting mission and is forced to learn on the fly and because of that, the story is much more self-contained and interesting.

Artificial Condition also introduces us to the absolute best aspect of these books (aside from our lovely main character) — the other bots that Murderbot interacts with. We are graced with my absolute favourite secondary character in the series: ART, also known as Asshole Research Transport. Murderbot’s interactions with ART are just fantastic and hilarious — they’re able to connect and understand each other on a level that isn’t achieved with Murderbot’s human interactions.

This book is an absolute delight, and I can see myself reading it over and over again.