Reviews tagging 'Violence'

System Collapse by Martha Wells

84 reviews

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

ryangiglio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I love Murderbot!! It was very fun to pick up basically immediately where we left off, and there was a lot more to mine from this setting and scenario than I thought possible. Oh Murderbot, you are so distressed by the fact that everyone wants to be your friend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Classism, Medical content, Violence, Colonisation, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

merc_birb's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Violence, Slavery, and Grief

jodar's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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? No

3.5

My overall expectations were a little disappointed in this instalment of the Murderbot Diaries series.

I found the beginning a bit disjointed, unfocused and slow, with too many disparate things happening at once. From about midway the action picks up noticeably and there is better focus. The delectable full honesty and internal sarcasm of Murderbot also comes more into play.

I particularly liked Murderbot’s interactions with other sentient AI systems, bots and ‘sub-bots’. Then again, none of Murderbot’s interactions with humans seemed to be as deep or as psychologically impactful as in previous instalments. Nor, somehow, did the novel sparkle with the same intensity or with as much ‘joy of being sentient’. 

Not unexpectedly, a bit of the author’s leftist identity politics and anti-capitalism features as well, but it’s not overpowering and easily ignored. My guess is these elements will date the most over time.

Nonetheless, I’m glad to have read it and fully recommend it to other Murderbot fans. I’m also hoping this novel is transitional to something a little different and more enticing in Murderbot’s next adventure.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Trafficking

Minor: Kidnapping

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

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence