All Systems Red

I feel like there's a lot to explore in the theme of something along the lines "AI becomes conscious". This book doesn't do that. Maybe other entries of the series might, but Murderbot is basically just an introverted human, there's nothing "robotic" about it whatsoever, apart from having cybernetic parts.

I guess that may be the point, as killing machines are made of organic matter along with cybernetics, but I'm not sure how much of that organic matter is used and how exactly does hacking the government module affect things: Did Murderbot become conscious after that or was it always conscious but suppressed because of modules dictating behaviour(and beneath lies a regular human)?

If it's the latter then it's an okay book with some cheesy humor which I personally didn't enjoy and a mystery that would be uncovered fully only in the later books

If it's the former then it's a book I personally wouldn't recommend because of the sheer amount of potential lost, because the idea of an emerging consciousness isn't explored whatsoever(you can imagine Murderbot as a very introverted teenager who is really uncomfortable with socializing, not as a murderous killing machine that became self-aware)