Review: Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

Title: Artificial Condition

Series: The Murderbot Diaries #2

Previous book in this series: All Systems Red

Author: Martha Wells

Genre: Adult, sci-fi

Publication date: May 2018

Published by: Tordotcom

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

My rating: ★★★★⯪

Ah! I love Murderbot! In this next installment, Murderbot returns to the place where all the murders happened to once and for all figure out what actually happened. This whole incident is so freaking sad, and it makes me feel for Murderbot.

Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

Title: All Systems Red

Series: The Murderbot Diaries #1

Author: Martha Wells

Genre: Adult, sci-fi

Publication date: May 2017

Published by: Tordotcom

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis: "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.

My rating: ★★★★☆

This book has been on my radar for quite some time, but I decided to finally read it because of the TV adaptation it just got. And I really enjoyed this book, which is unsurprising. Lol.