Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract. “Do you need emotional support? Do you want me to call someone?”

I think this is my new favorite book in the series. Murderbot is its anti-social self, but my god I love this character an unhealthy amount. It truly cracks me up. There’s also so many clever and very real thoughts and feelings in these books, and it just makes it that much better.

There were countless amazing interactions between Murderbot and its ‘non-friends’ throughout the book, as well as some top notch action. Can’t wait to continue.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Sentient AI
Anti-social android
Space adventure
Fantasy
Sci-fi
Exploring free will
Bickering robots
Rescue mission
Touch averse

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Gun violence
MC injured (gunshot wounds, etc.)
Mention of possible grooming between secondary characters
MC and SC abducted
Death/destruction of SC
On-page CPR (on SC)
Themes of colonization and displacement
MC held captive

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: N/A
Other person drama: N/A
Breakup: N/A
POV: 1st person, single
Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy
Pairing: N/A
Strict roles or versatile: N/A
Main characters’ age: N/A
Series: Series
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 351
Happy ending: Yes


The good thing about being a construct is that you can’t reproduce and create children to argue with you.

“Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don’t have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.”

(I know, it’s a logo, but I hate it when humans and augmented humans ruin things for no reason. Maybe because I was a thing before I was a person and if I’m not careful I could be a thing again.)

I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.