Reviews and Comments

Murderbot mopes around for ages, some stuff happens at the beginning and at the end.

Not my favourite Murderbot book by any stretch, but still it's good, and the whole conflict about what an AI/human mashup would be thinking and worrying about is always interesting.

It's another Murderbot book. Hooray!

A nice, gentle book about a nice, gentle man. Since the book mirrors his personality, there’s no big drama or hook to keep you totally invested, so it wafts by as you read it. So it was pleasant, but not something I’m desperate to read again, nor am I insistent that someone else reads it.

I remember seeing the lovely documentary about this chap, so we'll see what his autobiography is like.

I can see why the trilogy is well-loved. The switches between light years and subatomic distances, and between reality and virtual reality, gives you whiplash, the metaphors between the Cultural Revolution and the latter parts of the book are interesting, and the general creepiness throughout is fun.

There's a coldness and clinical aspect to the writing (or translation?) that adds to the creepiness, but it also keeps me, as the reader, at arms length. So for that reason I probably won't read the rest of the trilogy, but I'm happy to have read this first book.

This was a more personal book than I was expecting, and a more powerful read as a result. I'm rather affected by it, and I suspect I'll find myself thinking about it often.

I think those people who knew Lee as a racer will find the non-racing sections interesting, and those who know her more for her activism will find her racing history interesting. Everyone's a winner!

I love Lee Craigie, and she has a wonderful descriptive voice in the books and videos I've seen, so I'm looking forward to this book.

A nice, useful guide and partially a historical document nowadays.

I love Lee Craigie, and she speaks so beautifully, so I have high hopes for her book.

I finally finished. I thought it would be more light-hearted and well-meaning than it was, but most of the characters in the book were mean-spirited. The characters all spoke like Bob Mortimer, which is very weird because he’s rather unique.

It had drama, tension and mystery, so in those respects it did the right job, but I wished it were nicer about it.

Recommended by Richard Osman.