Finally, a full-length Murderbot novel. Fun, funny, fast-paced and heart-warming, it's everything I want from escapist space opera. Murderbot is a lovable sentient killing machine who itself enjoys space operas and doesn't want to deal with its feelings right now.

I think you might be able to read and enjoy it without reading all the novellas that precede it, but I think it's more fun if you read the novellas first. Plus, it spoils some of the reveals in the novellas if you jump straight in here.

I especially recommend it to anyone who is feeling sad right now, and fans of Ian Banks Culture novels. (Ever wanted to read a full-length novel from the point of view of one of the ornery drones? This is a lot like that.)