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wilybooklover's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Gore, Medical content, and Body horror
maeverose's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
My possible adhd made it really difficult to focus while reading this. It took me a while to get through because I had to re read things over and over for them to stick. I’m pretty sure that was just a me thing and not a problem with the book.
That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Literally halfway into the first chapter I already loved Murderbot, and grew to love it even more as the story went on. I related to it’s social discomfort a lot lol (Lot’s of parallels to autism, I felt like). I liked the humor, I actually laughed out loud several times. I really liked the worldbuilding and the way things were subtly explained to the reader without feeling like they were being explained. I liked the human characters (especially Mensah) but I feel like the only character that was fully fleshed out was Murderbot. It is a novella so of course with that many characters not all of them are gonna get the same amount of focus but I do wish they were a little more developed. Maybe if there had been a smaller cast of characters that would’ve been better. I liked the mystery at first but was a little unsatisfied with it in the end.
I’m still going to go check out the second book from my library right away.
My feelings about the mystery reveal (major spoilers): I didn’t love the reveal that GrayCris was just killing people because they found something that was super valuable. I kinda hoped it would’ve been something more interesting, that feels so.. boring? I also don’t know that I buy anyone going that far for money, especially because neither DeltFall nor PreservationAux knew about the remnants when they were killed/pursued, so it wasn’t like they were a current threat to GrayCris’s future fortune. I think it would’ve been cool if it took more of a horror approach and had aliens coming after them or something lol. But this isn’t marketed as horror so obviously I can’t really be mad it didn’t go that route.. and to be fair the humor would’ve felt out of place then... apparently I don’t know what I want
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Mass/school shootings
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Slavery, and Cursing
There is some implied gore, but never any super explicit descriptions. I really don’t like gore and never at any point was grossed out but if you’re super sensitive to that kind of thing I’d still be cautious.breadwitchery's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder and Slavery
librarianmage's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition
I don’t know why; it just wasn’t that interesting to me. I love the character of Murderbot, and the world, but the narrative voice was not for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Blood, and Violence
asexualandriod's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Slavery, Murder, and Violence
generallycobalt's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Of characters close to my heart, SecUnit might be top of the list. It meant a lot to me to see it having the experiences it has through the series, and to see how other people coexist with it and with needs that they don't always understand. I don't always like unreliable narrators but SecUnit's denial is tenuous enough that I mostly just wanted it to be okay.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement
macknificent's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Beginning to end, this book was a delight!
I was laughing throughout, but the story dealt with complex themes as well. I hadn't expected to contemplate benevolent enslavement, or the meaning of happiness, yet here we are. It is a testament to Wells's skill that such heavy topics could could be woven into such a short story without disrupting the fun.
Lovely, I will be continuing the series!
I was laughing throughout, but the story dealt with complex themes as well. I hadn't expected to contemplate benevolent enslavement, or the meaning of happiness, yet here we are. It is a testament to Wells's skill that such heavy topics could could be woven into such a short story without disrupting the fun.
Lovely, I will be continuing the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Death, and Gun violence
Moderate: Slavery, Body horror, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
adooom's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I wish it was longer, the side characters barely got any development.
Murderbot’s personality carried this novella. Enjoyable short sci-fi read.
Murderbot’s personality carried this novella. Enjoyable short sci-fi read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
jackbifrost's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content
Moderate: Slavery and Murder
Minor: Xenophobia