Defy the Stars

"I really enjoyed this one and would have absolutely given 5 stars if not for the LARGE amount of sappiness that was shoved into the last 100 pages. Bucky Barnes/Winter Solider had always been one of my favorite characters, and the Murderbot Diaries is absolutely my favorite book series. This book takes two of my favorite things and puts them together into a new type of robot-android awesome. Definitely hit all the buttons I was hoping it would (minus the mush. Seriously, I get that it was a huge character development but it definitely distracted from the Space Adventures awesomeness a bit) and i look forward to reading the rest!"

"The plot was plain, but that's fine if you plan to have a lot of content within it. There wasn't.<br/><br/>The planets were not particularly interesting, just like Star Wars' planets. The main characters were not fleshed out good.<br/><br/>Noemi was a basic hero. She cares about all living things, and protecting it. She has no selfish motivation in her body, which ironically, makes her less human.<br/><br/>Abel was obsessed with approval from his creator, as well as protecting him and admiring him. He basically transfers that programming, and projects it onto Noemi. <br/><br/>And the author calls it love.<br/><br/>Noemi is sooo basic, she couldn't even have the will to love the robot back. Even when she realized he had a "soul", she basically treated him like she would any other human she knows. Someone she has to protect .<br/><br/>Boring. Where are your desire? Aspirations?<br/><br/>All she kept talking about was the masada run or esther, as if that instantly gives a person character. She had this "holier than thou" complex I swear.<br/><br/>She said:<br/>“Well, it’s my life. I’m willing to give it up to save a whole world. I think anybody decent would do the same thing.”<br/><br/>Get off your ******* high horse. You don't have to be suicidal to be a good person, and just because you're willing to die doesn't mean your a good person.<br/><br/>Noemi was weirdly annoying.<br/><br/><br/> I don't think her religious background was implemented well into the overarching moral of what it means to be human. Her issues as well were more about self doubt, but it was done terribly, and it does nothing to teach Abel how to he human.<br/><br/>I don't know why I finished this.<br/><br/>"

"It’s like Star Trek: Next Generation, but where the characters have a friendship that grows from Han and Chewy to Han and Leia. "

"AMAZING !!!!! i love this book so much. Its an amazing work of sci-fi romance, perfectly balanced. the plot gets a little odd in the second and third books, but defo an amazing read if you're a sci-fi dystopian romance type reader"

"The story is unique and something I have never seen before. The exploration of souls is amazing."

"This book is honestly very well written. The tension/twists within the book altogether were captivating, and kept me wanting to continue reading. I really liked this book, but the ending didn’t feel “enough” for me. Overall, I would recommend this book if you are similar with the idea of robots/machines growing away from programmed thoughts/ideas/rules in the video game Detroit: Become Human. "

"I love this book and I love the author though her books aren’t the most popular (they should be). "

"Wonderful take on machines/humans"