All Systems Red

Book 69 of my 2018 Reading Challenge

All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Book 1 of The Murderbot Diaries

Summary (via Goodreads)
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.
But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.
On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.
But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

My Opinion
I will definitely read this author again and continue this series, although there was a really good resolution with this book if I hadn't liked it and didn't want to.  Well, I guess I don't know if I should say a "good" resolution - it wasn't necessarily what I wanted to happen but I do understand it (and it looks like it sets up the next book very well).

Normally it's a pet peeve of mine when action happens "off-camera" and is summed up in a monologue but I'm more forgiving of it here since it was such a short book.

Quote from the Book
"The HubSystem that controlled their habitat, that they were dependent on for food, shelter, filtered air, and water, was trying to kill them. And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day."