All Systems Red by Martha Wells, 144 pages.
Murderbot (formally known as a SecUnit) has hacked its regulator and is now outside of anyone's control. Luckily it isn't interested in doing any actual murder, preferring to watch trashy TV and do enough of it's job that nobody realizes it's not under any real obligation to take orders anymore. Unfortunately for its commitment to do as little as possible, a series of dangerous and unpleasant coincidences seem to be increasingly pointing to someone trying to kill the research team it has been assigned to protect, and it is now obligated to get involved. Especially since it is getting troublingly attached to this team.
This was a really fun little novella! Murderbot is a really funny character, and its perspective is a unique twist on the story. I'm excited to see where Wells is going with this, and luckily for me I'm coming to this series pretty late, so there are plenty of books to catch up on.
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