Reviews tagging 'Death'

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

219 reviews

brontesauruses's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Murderbot, my beloved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Slavery

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.25

If you liked Gideon The Ninth but found it too gory, and liked A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet but found it too wholesome, this would be a good book for you. I read it in one days worth of bus commutes and missed all three of my transfers because i was so engrossed in it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

micaelacccc's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sarahkarine's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I can see why this series is so well-loved! I listened to the audiobook and would recommend it for anyone who can. The snark and dry delivery of the murderbot lines really helped pull me into the story and who this character is and how they think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Blood

skeuomorphism's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

my insides melted reading this (affirmative)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Body horror

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Violence, and Murder

felix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

3.5

Really not sure how I felt about the ending of this one. Overall it was compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

emohell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

really enjoyed this!!! found the ending bittersweet, but incredibly fitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

robin1010's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

 I loved the premise, and the execution mostly lived up to it. 

The characters were enjoyable, even if most weren't very fleshed out yet. Murderbot was a fun protagonist, I especially enjoyed their awkwardness and how much they clearly struggled with juggling the humans emotions. The humans didn't get as much focus, so mostly were left a bit underdeveloped, but there were hints here and there that the author had plans for them, or that there was more going on. I ended up preferring it over having more time on them, especially given our perspective character's lack of interest or capability in reading humans. 

The plot was decent enough and I enjoyed it and wanted it to move forward, but I think it could have benefited from some varied pacing. The whole book feels like it moves sort of at the same pace, and it undermines some of the more tense situations. There were also large parts of it that felt like they were explaining the plot to us, rather than giving us the information to work it out ourselves or showing us how it unravelled, and it really clogged up some of the scenes. The scenes and plot points and writing was all there, but I think another pass from either the author or an editor might have smoothed it out a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail