Home

Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5

by Martha Wells

eBook, 32 pages

English language

Published April 28, 2021 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-83886-5
Goodreads:: 57623348

(75 reviews)

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory is a short story set just after Exit Strategy. Home is told from Dr. Mensah’s point of view, making it the first canon tale in the series to not be told from Murderbot’s perspective.

5 editions

Flauschbuch reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Good

4 stars

A short, interesting look into the mind of Dr. Mensah who's understandably struggling with all the things that happened to her in the 4 previous novellas. We also get a tiny look into the inner workings of Preservation station and the alliance. Should best be read right after "Exit Strategy" as it's more of an epilogue. Could have been longer and explored some of the themes a bit more but I assume that'll happen in "Network Effect".

Jameson reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Review of 'Home' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A sweet episode, but all too brief. It would have been better to add this into one of the other stories.

Matt Lehrer reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Pass.

2 stars

Love the rest of the series but this is not good

B. Zelkovich reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Review of 'Home' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Yes, hi. Murderbot would (and has) kill(ed) for Dr. Mensah, and I would kill for Murderbot.

That's all.

Soh Kam Yung reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

A Murderbot story told from a different point of view.

3 stars

Chronologically set between the Murderbot books "Exit Strategy" and "Network Effect", this short short story is told from the viewpoint of one of Murderbot's clients. After having being held hostage, Mensah is suffering from mental and emotional issues from that episode, yet is unwilling to admit to anybody; except perhaps Murderbot, who can see what is happening and encourages her to seek help. This is also a prelude to one of the story threads told in "Network Effect".

David Bremner reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Atmospheric

4 stars

Not much happens, but it does serve as a reasonable recap of the major themes of the Murderbot Diaries.

Blind_Mapmaker reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Review of 'Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

4.5 Hard to rate a short-story in a larger story, especially if it's really more of a side-story to the fifth book. It is well-done, however, and Dr. Mensah's perspective carries with it a wholly different level of emotional involvement. What I liked especially was that we see Muderbot's humour is not all confined to pithy remarks. Also I am a sucker for stories with psychological consequences and those come across much better with Mensah's perspective.

obsolete29 reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Review of 'Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory' on 'GoodReads'

3 stars

It was a fine 50 page little story.

Martin Kopischke reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Good news: more MurderBot; bad news: not enough MurderBot

3 stars

I’ll just point y’all to my review of Fugitive Telemetry, shall I?

Martijn Reintjes reviewed Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

Review of 'Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I think I read the books a bit out of sync and I wasn't really aware where this story fit in with the timeline so I was a bit confused. But hey ... it's Murderbot, so it's always awesome.