Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

31 reviews

ekcd_'s review

adventurous 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? No

2.5

Apparently Martha Wells loves her formula and after the third time it got so tired I just skimmed. 

Murderbot reluctantly mother gooses some silly but vulnerable humans, Murderbot begrudgingly protects them, fight scene fight scene fight scene, Murderbot abandons the new group of humans they have to admire and have defection for, runs away.

Not to have spoilers but the characterization for MB was weird too.

Loved the first two books but this one was so dry and predictable I’m going to give up on the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

That was one [] of a ride. I love the parallel between the relationship between murderbot and Dr. Mensah and the relationship between Miki and Abene as well as how that contributes to murderbot's decision at the end. The book kept me hooked the whole way through and though I was a little confused at some parts I think it's due to how I was opting not to reread parts for clarification so I could read faster lol. Teared up at the ending. This was such a meaningful part of the murderbot diaries and has cemented the fact that my favourite part of this series is the conncections between characters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, and Kidnapping

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

murderous, twisted, funny, and so beautifully human. this time with a delightfully devastating end.
i'm infatuated with murderbot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

julesadventurezone's review

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Medical content

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Blood, and Grief

pastelkerstin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

boglord's review

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Minor: Blood and Confinement

bluejayreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

5.0

 I love Murderbot so much. It's so done with all of this bullshit and just wants to consume media in peace, but it keeps having to go save idiot humans from their own bad decisions. Murderbot's strong narrative voice made for a fascinating mood in this book. By all rights, the setting should be space horror - an abandoned space station where something is not quite dead and trying to kill you. But Murderbot's trademark snark and irreverence makes it almost funny. And it worked - it's definitely unique, and as much as I like space horror, I also enjoy Murderbot viewing a space horror setting as nothing more than highly inconvenient. This series so far is ostensibly about Murderbot investigating a conspiracy, but that just seems to be a reason for it to travel around and do other stuff along the way. It's less about answers than about Murderbot's growth. And it's fascinating to see how it has grown even over three books as uncomfortable-pretending-to-be-human Murderbot now has to pretend to be a SecUnit again. This one didn't need to be longer - it was a solid story that didn't feel rushed - but I wish it was longer because I enjoy these books so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Kidnapping, Death, Grief, and Body horror

wilybooklover's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery