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3.5 stars, AI, artificial intelligence, Book Review, humor, Martha Wells, mystery, robot, scifi, series, space opera
About Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall.
When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)
Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!
Again!
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Review of Fugitive Telemetry
SecUnit is still anti-social and full of snark, And smarter than everyone else. That doesn’t mean SecUnit has all the answers. If that was true, there would be no story.
Is this book scifi? A little. Fugitive Telemetry is actually murder mystery. Sure, SecUnit has superior technology and logical thinking abilities. But a murder mystery is a murder mystery. A space setting does not change that.
I enjoyed the first installments of SecUnit’s story (1-5). In previous books, the I felt SecUnit’s emphasis was on protecting humans. In Fugitive Telemetry it’s emphasis was on solving a crime, which made SecUnit seem self-absorbed. Or maybe SecUnit is just more comfortable being itself – becoming more of an individual. Time will tell.
I missed ART, the AI from previous books. ART is a friend and that is what our favorite SecUnit needs.
I’m pretty sure that Murderbot fans are going to love this book even if I did not. Fugitive Telemetry is entertaining, but is my least favorite of the series.
Thanks to the publisher who provided a copy through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
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