Aimee Gunther reviewed Platform Decay by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
5-6 books later, Martha Wells can still keep it fresh
4 stars
As per usual. Kevin R. Free kills it in the audiobook narration
English language
Published May 5, 2026 by Tor Books.
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.
Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for... eye contact!
(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.
Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for... eye contact!
(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)
As per usual. Kevin R. Free kills it in the audiobook narration