essjay's Reviews (635)

I realized too late that this was tangentially part of a series that I hadn't read the first book in. It was fine, and I probably would have liked it more if I had been expecting something YA. 

I maybe liked the first a tiny bit more, but this was still incredibly enjoyable.  

Editing bc I've been thinking about this all day,

I was kind of delighted to have my expectations about the cops and their intentions be so subverted. When people say "abolish the police," this is what we mean.

Genuinely did not expect to get sucked into this as deeply as I did, but my reader says I finished it in just over 4h. The pacing and characterization were excellent, and omg so delightfully captured the awkweirdness of meeting online friends IRL for the first time. Checked the second one out of the library before I'd even finished this and will be starting it immediately. 

I know I loved this the first time I read it, but I'm not sure if I thought it was worth five stars? But every time I pick it up, I realize that there really were answers in here all along, and I pretty much never stop thinking about it, am constantly on the lookout for something else that fills me with that same sense of dread and disquiet. 

I wasn't even sure if I liked this at first, and was considering DNFing. And then somehow without even realizing it, I became completely sucked into the story. Genuinely wish to know what happens next.  

I liked this more than the second book, but the first is still my favourite.  I do really love reading about Rickey and Gary's relationship.  

Genuinely delightful (and creepy!) with wonderful illustrations on every single page. I've been on the waiting list for this from my library for a very long time, and now that I've read it, I'll have to purchase my own copy. 

I wish I GOT what everyone else seems to love about MurderBot. This was fine, but I'm not even sure if I want to continue reading the series. 

Sometimes I wonder why I'm even still reading this series. The Big Bad was telegraphed from the beginning, and I can't believe every single character was too stupid to see it. Also, goddamn, Rachel is so horny for every dude she meets, she needs to just form the subrosa polycule and be done with it.  

I liked this a whole lot more than I thought I would at the beginning.  Some parts were slower than others and

I wish we could have seen all of the tasks

, but overall quite good. I would have read in one sitting if I hadn't started so late at night. I don't see this sticking with me, or revisiting it, which is why I haven't rated it higher. 

[eta] dropping my rating, because the more I think about this, the less I liked it.