Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

4 reviews

brontesauruses's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.75

Murderbot, my beloved 😭
It took me slightly longer to get into this one, but I think that's because I was still, like, mentally gnawing on the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Slavery

Minor: Grief

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Slavery, Medical content, Gun violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Excrement and Grief

sexualedward's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

I do like this novella. Murderbot and ART are great characters. But I do see a lot of room for improvement. The climax was lackluster with no real danger, most of the story was predictable, and the secondary characters weren’t fleshed out enough. I much prefer longer books, so I may be biased, but I think it would have been better if it had more time to set things up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

Murderbot strikes again! I absolutely loved this. 

This is the second installment in the Murderbot series and I had such a fun time with this. I enjoyed the first one, but I think I liked this installment, just a bit more. 

Once again, we're following Murderbot as it delves into a mystery of it's past and makes some new friends along the way. 

As with the first one, I liked the writing and the plot. I really enjoyed the bit of expansion into the world we got as well. But really where these books shine are the characters. Murderbot is always a delight and I loved the addition of ART. Snarky characters are some of my absolute favorites, and we have so many of those in this series. Finally, the new human crew Murderbot ends up connecting with was also great. 

Another great installment, and I can't wait to read the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Slavery, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content