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Network Effect

By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
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Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since.

Murderbot returns in its highly anticipated, first full-length stand-alone novel, Network Effect.

You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.

Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable AI you’ll listen to this century.

I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90-plus percent of my problems are.

When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.

©2020 Martha Wells (P)2020 Recorded Books Adventure Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction

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Earlier ones not as involved and here an exercising listener can get lost from time to time but the premise and writing remains fresh

Enjoyable if slightly confusing

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And add to that sarcastic transport ships, newly freed robots, wormholes, aliens, drones and dynamic dialogues with humans. Martha Wells has crafted a novel with fresh ideas on what it would be Ike to be part human part machine - and rammed it full of rescues, adventures and imagination. Highly recommend.

A rogue sec unit with an inner monologue - genius

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I loved every single minute of it. I laughed and cried. And my favourite characters from the previous novellas returned so I could not have asked for more.

Our favorite murderbot, finally in a full lenght novel

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Absolutely love all the Murderbot stories. Having a full length one is a treat. Hopefully many more.

Murderbot is fantastic

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Finally, a proper length book, and it's good. This is a reward for paying the past premiums for the others.

Finally

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Like Mensah, I too am very fond of murderbot and how they are learning what kind of person they want to be.

A series that gets better with every book

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The story, the performance and the vibe of the whole audiobook make this yet another great addition to the storytelling.

Well worth it.

A Fabulous Series Continues

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Finally a novel length story of Murderbot! Martha Wells doesn't disappoint and the story is brilliant. It can be a little tricky keeping track of the 'versions' but it gives you the chance to read/listen again and love the story again! Looking forward to the next one!

We are all Murderbot

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Character growth, and stort length. The previous books were a tad too short, this one allowed the story to develop more before the conclusion

Best in the series so far

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With this book being substantially longer than the prior books in the series, there was always a risk it would tweak the winning formula in a negative way, but Martha Wells manages to deliver extra story without losing the appeal of the established style.
As with all the earlier narrations Kevin R Free does an excellent job of bringing the characters to life and conjuring up the world they inhabit.

Lives up to the high standards of the prior books

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