Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells @marthawellswriter #LibraryLove2025 #SciFiMonth2025

Title: All Systems Red
Author: Martha Wells
Format: hardcover
Length: 171 pages
Rating: 3 stars
Publication: 2017

Challenges: Library Love, HRCYED 2.0

Review: Funny sci-fi books aren’t normally my thing, but I’ve been hearing lots of buzz about this books for awhile now and figured I’d give it a try. I liked it. It was a fun ride. I will probably read the next book in the series. And eventually get to the TV show lol.

The Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells @marthawellswriter #murderbotdiaries #saturdayseries

I saw this series floating around the HYCRED 2.0 chats (probably for either the Quadilogy prompt or the Adaptations prompt). All of the books are rather short, so I decided that I want to read this series. My library had all of these available to borrow, which is so awesome!

From Storygraph: “For readers who crave snappy, adventurous sci-fi centered on a sardonic cyborg’s search for autonomy—identity versus programming played for ironic laughs. Perfect if you like lightning pacing, minimal world-building, deadpan humor, and prickly loner POVs who’d rather binge shows than deal with feelings.”