Artificial Condition by Martha WellsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The second entry in this series is pretty much like the first one. I liked it OK, but I honestly don't see what the fuss is about, and why the first actually won awards. Murderbot is an angsty teenager, slightly more so in this book (tends more to colloquialisms, and is aware of beginning to think of itself as human). The whole novella is from this point of view. In this installment Murderbot gets a sidekick, ART (A******* Robot Transport), and we even get a "kill all humans" moment. So there's some potential for variation. The mystery has room to deepen, but it's on the shallow side right now. It's still a likeable book, I can see its appeal. But a likeable pulpy page-turner is different from work that operates on many levels, or asks for more than minimal attention from the reader, or anything like that. Whatevs.
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