Reviews and Comments

"It should also be noted that author Martha Wells graciously declined her [2021 Nebula Award] nomination as novella finalist for her sixth Murderbot Diaries book for Tordotcom, Fugitive Telemetry. Wells thought the series had already been well-recognized and wanted to leave space to highlight other works."

www.tor.com/2022/03/08/here-are-the-2021-nebula-award-finalists/

A Nebula finalist! www.tor.com/2022/03/08/here-are-the-2021-nebula-award-finalists/

So help me, if there's a major character named Hope…

The romance to adventure ratio is somewhat higher than I prefer, but the writing sparkles and the intrigue intrigues

Of course there's a character named Grace.

If this were a movie, I would be shouting and throwing popcorn at the screen.

An introduction to a new and refreshing fantasy world populated with complex characters. I feel like we've only scratched the surface so far, and I'm eager for more.

A nuanced take on colonization and colonial liberalism with light fantasy themes.

I feel like I would have enjoyed it much more had the plot not primarily been driven by the main character repeatedly making Poor Life Decisions in alternating directions.

A very good conclusion to a very good trilogy.

Much like the previous installment, I found the wrapup extremely satisfying but a touch unrealistically neat.

"data crypt" is such a great name for a portable storage device

It always makes me wonder when women write books that are loaded with systemic misogyny (in a "this is fine and normal" way). Does it actually seem fine and normal to them? Or was this required for a commercially successful fantasy series in *checks publication date* 1968?