Reviews tagging 'Murder'

System Collapse by Martha Wells

19 reviews

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective tense 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

Immaculate sci-fi adventure, as usual! 

On the surface, this series is sarcastic and fun. But it has undercurrents of addressing important social issues like colonisation, PSTD, corporate greed, and the rights of sentient beings. 

Every single book in this series so far has been immensely enjoyable and I’ve come to adore Murderbot and their companions. 

I implore everyone to give this series a try. You won’t be disappointed!
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toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Murderbot continues to be great, I love the world, I love the narration style and I love ART. Murderbot also continues to be maybe concernly relatable. 
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readandfindout's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

3.75

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
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uranaishi's review

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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relin's review against another edition

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emotional

5.0

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bergha1998's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

3.75

I have enjoyed this whole series this far, should I have reacquainted myself with the last 6 books before reading this one? Probably. But as always I enjoyed the dry humor and perilous adventures. This is such a fun series to think further about what it means to be a human. 

Found Family, AIs 
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tahsintries's review against another edition

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4.25

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wilybooklover's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

4.0

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skudiklier's review

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adventurous funny tense 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

5.0

God I really liked this. It was interesting because I read the whole rest of the Murderbot series all in a week or two over a year ago, so at first it was a bit difficult for me to remember things. I kind of wish I'd reread them all before reading this one. But in the end I was able to catch up and not feel like I was missing anything (and I'm going to reread the whole series with my partner at some point anyway so if I did miss anything I'll get it when I reread this).

Anyway, this was excellent, just like the rest of the series. Murderbot is the best and it's so relatable as always. The world is fascinating and I love learning more about the characters. I can't wait to get more Murderbot in the future.
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twistykris's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

I simply love Murderbot, ART, and their escapades to saving humans from being mauled, mangled, and murdered, while Murderbot ALSO tries to navigate its PTSD and trauma regarding an event from a previous book.

These books just hit me differently; I can go from laughing because Murderbot tells ART to go fuck itself, and then a minute later, I'm on the verge of tears because Murderbot is just simply not okay. And then I'm in shock and cheering because
Murderbot tells another SecUnit with a malfunctioning governor module "come with us."
I also loved
the ending where we get another bot who ART doesn't like?? and Murderbot knowing it wants to continue traveling with Art is just SO wonderful and assures me we're getting another installation of this series.


I have listened to the audiobook for every Murderbot book and Kevin R. Free continues to be just an absolute delight to listen to. He portrays all of the voices well, especially Murderbot's dry, sarcastic tone. However, there were certain parts I wish I had a physical or digital copy to actually read and follow along with- I think it would have been helpful for me to visualize the coding language Murderbot uses to communicate with another more archaic unit. One reason to just buy the series, ehehe...
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