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System Collapse by Martha Wells

13 reviews

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Murderbot continues to be one of the most relatable characters ever. I loved that we got to see more of MB realizing that it might need (just a bit of) help with some of the trauma that it’s faced in its life but also not wanting to touch any of it with a ten foot pole. It was so nice to see ART and the crew again. I love the shenanigans that they get into (and that they drag MB into). And I’m living for the all the MB sass and sarcasm! It was just so nice to be back in this series! System Collapse is getting four out of five stars.
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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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grace_b_3's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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bergha1998's review against another edition

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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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hobblin's review

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-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

4.25

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helfire124's review against another edition

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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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ccrowder's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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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happysami's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

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monniebiloney's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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divine529's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
It's pretty much a given at this point that if there's a new Murderbot book, I'm going to love it. I loved this, but it wasn't an absolute 100% favorite, not because it wasn't fantastic, but because some of the pacing/choices some of the characters made didn't sit right with me. 
That aside, I live and breathe for Murderbot as a character always and seeing It struggle the way it did in this book was a whole thing for me to experience - essentially It's working through it's trauma and is not having a good time. ART is also one of my favorites always and ART and MB's dynamic is everything. 
I love seeing the evolution of the humans' relationships with each other and with the bots throughout the books and it was no different here. 
This book deals a lot with colonization of a specific planet and seeing the politics involved in all of that was so interesting, but also infuriating. 
All in all, another fantastic Murderbot book. 
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