Platform Decay brought me back to what I love about Murderbot. It’s been a while since I read a Murderbot story and I loved being back in this world. Especially after finishing the first season of the adaptation! Keep reading this book review of Platform Decay for my full thoughts.
Summary
After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn’t know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for… eye contact!
(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Platform Decay introduced two things I loved – children and an emotion module. I cannot get over how confusing and strange Murderbot finds humans. Because honestly? Same. But nothing is more confusing than children and to see it interact with children was priceless. I also adored the emotion check sections which introduce humor and fantastic peeks at what happen after the jailbreaking – possibly emotions? Additionally, to see the world change as Murderbot encounters more rogue SecUnits was such a joy. These elements are my favorite from this installment, but I wish the characters got more time to shine and depth.
There were a whole host of humans to sink into as well as Three and I just felt like they were barely there. I wanted to see more of their personality and characters. In some ways, Platform Decay reminded me of what it was like when I first started this novella series, but I wish we had more of the side characters and the ending also felt very abrupt? It was a weird moment where the last 15% felt like a second while the lead up felt so long? In general, I enjoyed Platform Decay, I just wanted more? More characters and more of a drawn out ending? It’s a solid sequel and had some elements that I had so much fun with!
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