Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

System Collapse by Martha Wells

8 reviews

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I mean I guess it was good. I wanted more MB & ART interactions. Also, this might be more of a fandom building up wrong expectations thing, but I think more page time could have been spent on MB coping with its trauma. Its sudden turnaround at the end that's related to it felt like it had no build-up and was instead written to be a neat happy ending. But that makes no sense because this isn't even the last book in the series.

Rogue B-E secunit make appearances in future books pls pls pls pls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Sexual content

uranaishi's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Blood, Death, Outing, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Sexual content

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Gore and Confinement

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I love the murderbot series and this follows directly from the events of network effect and carries on the enthralling events. Could barely put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Gore, Trafficking, Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Blood, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

julesadventurezone's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This does a lovely job at expanding the story from the end of Network Effect. The cast of characters is well chosen

, though I did wish for more Three,

and I really like Murderbot's emotional journey through the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

As I’ve said upon finishing every book in this series, I love Murderbot. This story begins immediately where Network Effect (#5) ended. I found it essential to have that one fresh in my mind before reading this one (#7). (Number 6 is a standalone with the same characters.)

Murderbot is dealing with an evil Corporation - the kind it had escaped in the first book in the series - plus planetary colonists who are either ornery or outright unfriendly and the occasional infected agricultural bot intent on killing anything that appears to be human. 

In the middle of this mix of people and machines at cross purposes, Murderbot splits its time between saving its humans and watching its favorite soap operas. The thought of a robot killing machine loving soap operas is one of the more endearing features of these books.

Murderbot is more emotionally fragile here, with very low self esteem. It’s hard to see it feeling so unsure of itself and its abilities. We know how capable Murderbot is but it’s overwhelmed by the possibility that it will fail and all its humans and its bot friends will be killed. Its unusual vulnerability makes it especially sympathetic. The plot was satisfying and convoluted as always. 

Naturally I’m eager for the next book. Since this was just published, I know I’ll have to wait a while. So incredibly frustrating….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Colonisation, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

scifi_rat'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Colonisation, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Kidnapping

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Confinement

Moderate: Gun violence