Book review of Network Effect by Martha Wells (opens in new tab)

After a string of novellas that were, frankly, brilliant, the fifth book and first full-size novel in The Murderbot Diaries, Network Effect stormed the science fiction scene when it was released, winning the holy trinity of Hugo, Locus and Nebula awards for best novel. As I write this the first (in hopefully a long line) of the Murderbot TV series is playing on Apple TV (and yes they've nailed it too). We're back with Murderbot, fresh from its Mensah rescue, ostensibly trying to get on with i...