Reviews tagging 'Death'

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

219 reviews

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

macknificent's review against another edition

• 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!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

binches's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Death and Blood

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

witnessme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

sexualedward's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

 Murderbot is one of my new favorite characters now. I LOVED it, but felt it should have been longer. Felt character’s individual moment to shine, story moments, and build up to moments should have been more to them. Absolutely will be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Classism

hawksrye's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Physical abuse and Grief

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

This was a short but entertaining read. It's the first novella in a series and I thought it did a good job setting up the world without getting too bogged down by the details. Murderbot is a great character and I enjoyed the deadpan sense of humour. I'm not going to rush to read the next one but I'll get around to it at some point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

gilchrist's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

readerette's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

4.75

I was pleasantly surprised by this one! I thought it would either be too frothy or too serious, and instead I got a bitingly compelling perspective from a rebellious, introverted, company-owned cyber-person working security on contract for a bunch of scientists on a new planet.

It's such a short read, too--no wasted words or moments, which I love.

My only complaints were a few moments I wasn't really sure what SecUnit was talking about in setting the scene--moments where there weren't quite enough words. But they didn't impact the flow of the story or my enjoyment of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gun violence, and Blood