Reviews tagging 'Violence'

System Collapse by Martha Wells

80 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

arinheck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

Murderbot’s most human adventure yet. Always has me on the edge of my seat and is never long enough. I think this is the last book and I’m very sad about it but it feels like a good end to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery

carol16's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

It is cute as ever but felt more like a filler than anything 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Mental illness

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

I love Murderbot and ART so much! I hope Wells never stops writing about them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Infidelity

language_loving_amateur's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

PHENOMENAL!!!! If I could give this more than 5 stars I would. Everyone has been through so much and they are doing such a good job and I love them. The team keeps trying to save strangers from contract slavery and help people even though they are miserable, injured assholes (Murderbot and ART are at least some of the time). I love how Murderbot is not an objective observer sometimes (it thinks there is something wrong with Three for preferring educational modules over fiction). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Slavery and Gun violence

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Oh, Murderbot, how I love each and every installment of your story. I’ve missed you, literary friend. 

I particularly love the way that Wells has a slow burn to a big reveal around Murderbot (and other SecUnits’) mental/psychological state. Just fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Slavery

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Slavery

readandfindout's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, Body horror, and Slavery

Minor: Trafficking

caryndi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

If you came here for more Murderbot, you sure got what you were after! System Collapse is a direct sequel to Network Effect, so you may want to re-read that book before diving in if you've forgotten what happened. Though we're back to novella length, this story is engaging with a satisfyingly Murderbot solution. I was excited by what the ending set up for future Murderbot adventures!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

avacadosocks's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery and Colonisation

Minor: Trafficking and Panic attacks/disorders