All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) in Reading with Style

Apr 05, 2025 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, play-book-tag, science-fiction, space, read-in-2025

Murderbot is a Security Unit assigned to protect a small scientific group surveying a planet. Murderbot has hacked its governor unit so it is independent. Anomalies start happening that put the crew in danger and despite its desire to mainly watch soap operas Murderbot ends up caring about the team it is protecting. This book was fun, lots of dry humor, while keeping you on the edge of your seat. I'll definitely be continuing this series. ...more

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Apr 17, 2021 Kathleen (itpdx) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This story all takes place from the point of view of a bot, part human, part mechanical. It is controlled by programming. Its job is security for planetary exploration teams. It has hacked into its control program and makes some unusual choices in protecting its humans. The story is fast-paced and leaves much of the world-building to come, hopefully, in the following series.

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Jan 05, 2021 Joanna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, fantasy-sci-fi, rws-2020-winter, pas-mm-2021, 2021-read

I loved this book. It's short and I'm sure I'm going to read the rest of these pretty quickly. The main character (the Murderbot from the series title) has a wonderful voice--a robot with anxiety who isn't sure if it feels like doing its work, but mostly does it. Absolutely wonderful. Anyone who likes science fiction at all should read this. ...more

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Jul 26, 2025 Kiri rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction, z-read-2023grc, 2025grc, graphicaudio

This review is specifically for the Graphic Audio version.

WOW. This is really REALLY good. Let's add another really to that previous statement. The main narrator / voce actor (David Cui Cui) is stellar in this. The audio production itself is good.

I'm finding the Graphic Audio line is something to be really enjoyed. While I consider it more of a "audio Drama" type production, all the ones I've enjoyed to have been really engaging and fun to listen to. ...more

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