Justin Monisit’s Reviews > I, Robot > Status Update

The Evitable Conflict - 5.5/10 - that is what I call ending on a whimper. I liked the concept but it was just a lot of exposition rather than an actual story, but there was still some interesting stuff. Also like how it subtly concluded everything from the previous stories.

Evidence - 7.5/10 - definitely the story with the best concept that could have been stretched out to a full length novel. It just doesn't commit to being a compelling mystery nor does it have the charm then other stories had. Still good but it could have been great.

Midterms are coming up so that means that my workload will steadily decrease. More time for reading I guess.

College is fun when it involves you chilling for a solid 3 days before getting bombarded with work for an entire week. Long hiatus but here with another short story.

Escape! - 7/10 - wasn't too keen on this. The climax of this is just glossed over, but the conflict is interesting enough that it's an enjoyable read. Just paced a bit too quickly that doesn't earn much tension in the story.

Finally got back into reading after an intense amount of work (still have stuff to do over the weekend but still)

Little Lost Robot - 7/10 Kind of fun, but did drag with how much they experimented with solutions. It is evident that Asimov wrote without an outline in this one as it seems like it was being made up as he went along, but still another fun logic puzzle story

Liar! - 9/10 - definitely my favorite one in a while. It is lighthearted and funny, and is just a lot of fun to read. It's surprisingly clever how it ends.

Catch that Rabbit - 7/10 - really struggles with its pacing, but it is a still a solid story after that. Just kind of wish the climax was a bit longer than it was (and had more of a resolution).

Robbie - 8/10
Runaround - 6/10
Reason - 7/10 Actually a really solid story that has a pretty anticlimactic and cop-out ending. Didn't expect Asimov to lean into the evil robot trope (since he was trying to subvert it), but does it in a way loyal to his philosophy. Wish it had a better ending though.

Robbie - 8/10
Runaround - 6/10 - definitely a step down, it was more of a logic puzzle than an actual engaging story. It lacked the heart of the story prior, though it did finally expand on the lore of the 3 Laws of Robotics. Still an enjoyable read, but not as good as the first story.