I adore the Murderbot Diaries. It's weird how something so violent can be so, I dunno, calming.

They're great fun.

I was disappointed with Martha Wells' most recent book though. I won't spoil it, but it came down to me never emotionally connecting to the main character, and too much worldbuilding having been done for one book...a lot of build-up that goes nowhere.

I haven't read her non-Murderbot books, so at some point I imagine I'll be curious enough to go back and see if Murderbot was just something that hit a zeitgeist, the right topic at the right time, or if Witch King simply a weaker offering even compared to the pre-Murderbot stuff she's done.

I did the same recently and agree 100%. They're just such charming stories. Sometimes I want my hard scifi but others I want a good story that gives me the thrill of not being able to put a book down.