The main storyline (help the humans with their immediate problem) is pretty self-contained, but the reasons for Murderbot to care about these particular humans enough to seek them out and help them was set up in the previous books. It wraps up a lot of things left hanging from earlier in the series, most notably by returning to the humans from ALL SYSTEMS RED. You may note that there are more than four books, so that didn't stick.

It looks like this was intended (or at least marketed) as the final book in the series.

Something about the way that this character who canonically loves fiction comments when it got the idea for its current plan from its favorite show. It makes it feel like a lived-in world, where Murderbot knows exactly what its doing and how to accomplish it with its tools, but doesn't bog down the narration with jargon. I love the detail, it's at just the right level because it says the shape of what it's accomplishing (or attempting) but doesn't get overly technical. Murderbot explains its plans, then how it has to adjust, whether it goes this idea from a serial, how things go wrong, how its trying to fix it. The combination of planning for action and then carrying it out has been well-handled and exciting all series, but it really shines here. The narration is great, the world-building continues to build incrementally in a way that gives everything you need to know for this volume (and no more), but the whole picture is one of a complex economy of corporations, planets, and political entities.

I love Murderbot, its rapport with the various humans is complex and interesting, it was nice to see Dr. Murderbot finds out that its actions have caused trouble for the humans that made its quest possible in the first place, and heads back to help them. Queer Rep Summary: Bi/Pan Secondary Character(s), Genderqueer/Nonbinary Main Character(s), Ace/Aro Main Character(s).ĮXIT STRATEGY, the (supposed) series finale so good that it got sequels. Mensah-its former owner (protector? friend?)-submit evidence that could prevent Gra圜ris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.īut who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?Īnd what will become of it when it’s caught? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the Gra圜ris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red.

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