All Systems Red

2nd read over: the review still stands, the only difference being that meanwhile I' ve read the second book, too, and was not impressed, so I will not continue the series. Still, I enjoyed this one the second time just as much. /// What Wells lacks in story imagination and originality (she lacks a lot there, to be honest), she more than makes up in excellent humor, good writing style and, most of all, main character. Murderbot is a very, very well done military person, with all the ambivalence a professional soldier feels towards “his” civilians perfectly suggested, but also very delicately suggested. Wells still needs to learn making up stories, but is a subtle and very good psychologist, a master of “show don't tell” and an excellent MC creator (less in secondary characters, but there is hope). I loved reading this entertaing book and definitely loved Murderbot.