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5 days agoI did the audiobooks and tore through the whole series, I absolutely loved them. I can’t stand the tv series, I think the books set the bar too high. I think they went way too “cute” with the whole concept and completely missed the mark, I always pictured murderbot as this awkward hulking warhammer beefcastle but thats not at all the direction they went in. Oh well, I had my fun with the books, I hope a new one comes out soon!
I just finished blasting through the entire series so the first book is a little fuzzy now. I always thought the humour worked because the over-arching plot was serious and he was a serious killing machine that happened to be awkward, which made it engaging/thrilling with charming/funny moments. I just think they leaned way too hard into the goofiness of it all, I don’t remember the scientists being absolute hippies, but that is all just my opinion. The show seams to be doing pretty well and good for them, its just not for me and thats fine.