All Systems Red
By Martha Wells
Review by Alethea
Murderbot is a delightful character whose greatest desire is to be left alone to consume entertainment media all day. Unfortunately, its job as a Security Unit, even with the bare minimum effort invested, gets in the way of this goal as it is required to provide security for its human clients on an increasingly hostile planet. On top of this, as if having to do its job isn’t bad enough, it has to suffer through the horror of its human clients insisting on treating it is as a person and asking it to talk about its feelings. In the face of this, unknown and almost certain mortal danger is significantly preferable.
