Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Network Effect by Martha Wells

11 reviews

mothiver's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Oh this was LOVELY. The little bits of horror that have always been in this series REALLY came to the forefront with this one, and I enjoyed it very much. I do so love Weird Alternative Relationships, and I’ve always been a fan of “what are they? (discussion)” over “will they won’t they”. ART my favourite bitchy spaceship I’m so glad you’re back <3

Man, ART really showed its crew pictures…. they love eachother for real (no romo)…. I’m SUCH a sucker for the “freaking out when the other is in danger/might be dead” trope too, ESPECIALLY when it goes both ways.

My only nitpick would be occasional weirdness with past/present tense in the writing, but it wasn’t all that distracting for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, and Gore

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Medical content and Adult/minor relationship

The adult/minor relationship is quickly averted, and is never romanticised or lingered on

michaelcattigan's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

maeverose's review against another edition

4.0

The beginning was good, it dragged a bit in the middle for me but  picked up in the last third and I ended up liking it a lot

I loved the almost horror-esque moment at the end.

I love Murderbot

I love it’s reactions to people’s concern for it, and I love that we got to see so much emotional character development in this book. I would give Murderbot the whole world if I could.

I love ART

I love their ‘relationship’ and I’m curious if it really will remain purely platonic or not. Murderbot seems very ace-coded so I assume it will but the way they kept using parallels to romantic relationships is making me wonder.

I already like 3

There are an unnecessary amount of characters and that leaves us with a lot of them being underdeveloped. I do wish I had a better sense of each of their personalities.

I’m gonna have to re read the first book because I don’t remember if they ever fully explained alien remnants. I know they were brought up in the first book but it’s been over a year since I read that one and I’m a little lost on what the alien remnants are exactly. I wanna know more. They seem to be both organic and code? They can infect AI like a computer virus but also humans like a viral infection.. how does that even work? Do the characters even know?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Excrement and Sexual content

Note on the gore: it’s pretty much in line with the rest of the series in that it’s written in that not-super-descriptive robotic type of way, but it’s definitely a bit more descriptive and more abundant in this book.

stories's review

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’m not sure I understood everything, but oh boy: these characters!

The characters sing. 

Murderbot is growing and maturing and navigating more than just its complex relationships with *humans* now. 

We got to revisit old friends, meet new friends, enemies and acquaintances, and experience the full spectrum of emotions in an action packed mystery investigation. 

Perhaps by consequence of being longer, I found Network Effect more challenging to read than the other Murderbot books, but I’d say it was still worth the effort. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Gore, Kidnapping, Confinement, Dysphoria, and Adult/minor relationship

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Confinement, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Body horror

Minor: Colonisation, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

When I say I can’t get enough Murderbot I really really mean it. 

Incredible story wonderfully written and phenomenal characters. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

The adult/minor relationship is entirely very minimal, it’s brief and the minor involved doesn’t get hurt (

as murderbot puts a stop to it before the adult can do anything

but the grooming is discussed in a matter of fact way. Which, while technically minor, might be very upsetting to someone who has experienced that.

inferiorwit's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Slavery

nullandvoidlibrary'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

gracecrandall's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

troisha's review

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery