Murderbot, like its protagonist, and like all Frankenstein takeoffs (inasmuch as all AI stories are those these days), is a bit of a hodgepodge. Equal parts The Thing, Alien and Robocop planted on a planet straight out of golden-age sci-fi. Wells doesn't do anything wildly innovative with it - especially not in a modern SFF field full of welcome gender and POV fuckery - but Murderbot itself (themself?) is such a likeable narrator that it feels fresh. Will probably pick up the sequels at some point.