Reviews tagging 'Murder'

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

164 reviews

luxxltyd's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

sinoclock's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book was recommended to me a lot. No regrets reading it. Beautifully short but packing a lot into 200 pages through the casual descriptions of how society is structured that you can infer a lot from. I keep thinking Murderbot is watching Sailor Moon though based on the show title, which I think inherently makes it funnier. Not my highest rating because M's apathy leaves me a little apathetic too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

quotablehedgehog's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Xenophobia, and Blood

Minor: Medical content, Classism, and Slavery

volunteerpyromancer's review

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 It's the meme;
 You ruined a perfectly good Murderbot. Look, it's got anxiety. 

Lol. I loved this book. I thought Murderbot was very cute, is that weird? 

It's a character focused story. There are not huge amounts of world building but the references to corporations acting pretty much as the do in current day is giving dystopian vibes. Which honestly says a lot about our world. Quick easy read that left me wanting more.

Questions like what happened in Murderbot's past? What will Murderbot do in the future? Do the other bots have just as vivid desires as Murderbot and only can't express it because they're trapped by the governor module?

Looking forward to the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking

prosenheim's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Murder and Death

j_the_human's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Non-human slavery

kryg's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

oakairi's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was a very cute sci-fi and I'm excited to see the world expand/get to learn more about murderbot in the next books (in terms of the actual story, it's very impressive that such a self contained story was written in less than 150 pages) 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, Cursing, and Murder

janieboucher's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, and Body horror