Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

8 reviews

indeedithappens's review

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Stalking, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Trafficking, Abandonment, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

erebus53's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is basically a whodunnit. SecUnit has been outed and now the humans on Preservation Station know that a free SecUnit is cohabiting with them. It's time to SecUnit to try and make some friends to gain some favour with the locals, but that might mean doing things other than watchin media... which is annoying.

When SecUnit is called in to help investigate the untimely demise of a "dead human" (can you just refer to "the victim"?!) it first has to figure out if this person had any connection to the GrayCris corporates who have been threatening his human companion, Mensah. Although SecUnit has only been given limited permissions to access security systems on the station, it has been offered payment for its services and it now has to figure out a locked room mystery in which a corpse has been moved from a murder scene without anyone being caught by the security sensors.

I actually found this a little more fun than the previous book, probably because the pace is easy and there isn't a lot of combat. In fact, when it looks like we might be winding up for a huge fight-scene it THANKFULLY doesn't eventuate. I always feel like going to sleep when we get into blow by blow battles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Xenophobia

felofhe's review

emotional funny mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Stalking

boglord's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Slavery, Gun violence, and Death

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

norwegianforestreader's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Colonisation

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Colonisation, Murder, and Trafficking

Minor: Blood, Gore, and Medical content

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Murderbot is back in the sixth volume of their fun and sarcastic adventures! Faced with an unexplained murder on Preservation Station, they have no choice but to form temporary (at least that's what they hope) alliances with the local authorities. The ones that would have put them in jail only months ago for their mere existence.
Being back in Martha Well's Murderbot universe feels just like coming home, or putting on a beloved cardigan. I know I'm safe in the shoes of this aro/ace, agender, opinionated cyborg - who would have thought? I only wish I'd read this volume closer to the others because they do follow each other and there are elements of the previous plots I'd already forgotten. But it didn't prevent me from enjoying myself! This series is definitely a highlight of the year for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Gun violence, and Slavery

teresareads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence