![]() ![]() So rather than look at this as a standalone novel, or a novel in the traditional sense, I’m viewing it as another novella addition/episode… that happens to be a ‘big’ novella. But this is a part of an on-going plot that is continuing on for another four confirmed sequels. I still had so many unanswered questions. ‘ Network Effect’ did manage this successfully, but it wasn’t a home run. The format Murderbot Diaries has been following in the novellas does not work as well in a full length novel… you need more than one or two twists/reveals, and you need a lot more character development and exploration of secondary characters and their arcs. So there were moments where the pacing dropped off a little. I just love Murderbot, and in my past reviews for the previous novellas in this series I was hoping ‘ Network Effect’ would be a Murderbot/ART team-up that involved some sort of contact with alien remnants, or a first contact scenario, maybe not quite that but this novel was everything I could have dreamed of.Īs fast and easy a read as ‘ Network Effect’ was (and the pacing fairly standard throughout) it read a lot like a longer version of the serialised novellas. ![]()
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