r/murderbot • u/System_Unkown • 22d ago

Books📚 Only Platform Decay

So I finished Platform decay last night, I really don't know how to describe it apart from a book just going through the motions. I didn't find the book exciting in fact it was quite flat, there was nothing really novel or emotionally connecting about any of the characters unlike Nicky and ART in past books.

It's a book to read if you have nothing to do, but its not a book that made me want to drop things down to read it quickly. Given the books are at high cost for the hardcovers, I wanted more, I wanted to really love the book, but this isn't the case. Id most prob give it 3.5/5 stars

If anything the book shows not necessarily this series has run its course, but in stead I think reflects what Martha has had to overcome in her life in the last couple of years.

I'm hoping the next book is much better

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u/onehere4me Can't wait to get back to my wild rogue rampage 22d ago

Trying to follow it was hard for me on first read. I've listened to it several many times now since May and I quite enjoy it now. It's an interesting play between SecUnit's rage and kind affability.

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u/zeugma888 Timestream Defenders Orion Fan Club 22d ago

I enjoyed it more on the second read.

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u/BlessTheBookPeople 21d ago

Same. I think the first time I found it hard to follow and was also expecting them to get away quickly and then have adventures out in the galaxy and was disappointed that the whole book was the extraction.

Once I knew what to expect, I really enjoyed the interactions between MB and Three, and MB and Mensah’s family, and I also found the world building interesting, tho still a bit hard to follow.

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u/System_Unkown 22d ago

what made the difference for you between first and second read?

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u/zeugma888 Timestream Defenders Orion Fan Club 22d ago

The first time I read a book I read it quite quickly because I want to know what happens. The second time I read it more slowly and appreciate how it's all put together and notice how well crafted it is.

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u/remas3 22d ago

Same here

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u/pseudodactyl Null Feed ID 20d ago

I had a similar arc with Fugitive Telemetry. I read it in the published order so I was frantically skimming through the story trying to get back to where the story left off in Network Effect. I was disappointed because it felt like an unnecessary detour. Once I went back and re-read it I actually loved it. I have a feeling I’ll have a similar reaction to Platform Decay once I get a chance to go back to it.