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Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory The Murderbot Diaries #4.5

eBook, 32 pages

English language

Published April 28, 2021 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
9781250838865
Goodreads:
57623348

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory is a short story set just after Exit Strategy. Home is told from Dr. Mensah’s point of view, making it the first canon tale in the series to not be told from Murderbot’s perspective.

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4 stars

This is a short story that can be read online. The most notable part about this for me is that it was the first story not from Murderbot's point of view, but from Mensah's instead.

This viewpoint shift works for me because Mensah's trauma around being abducted on TranRollinHyfa comes through much more clearly in her own voice. It functions similarly to Rapport in that getting to see the other side of a relationship strengthens your understanding of both sides.

Her feed notifies her of a message packet, addressed to her and Bharadwaj. It’s a link to some sort of catalog weapons supply service. Ayda sighs, mostly amused. “It’s listening to us right now.” It must be hard to respect other people’s privacy when you’ve had to fight and scheme for every minute of your own. Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia …