Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Network Effect by Martha Wells

49 reviews

firefly's review

adventurous emotional funny 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: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Kidnapping

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

"Just remember you’re not alone here.” 
I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

I'll be honest, part-way through this book it started to lose me: the pacing slowed down a lot and I was having trouble keeping up with the plotline but the ending just drew me back in so much. I loved every interaction between Murderbot and a friend (admit it, they're a friend) and the feelings I had at the end?! 🥹💜

I will continue to love Murderbot and its adventures until the end of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery

rheagoveas'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

bebidocrimes's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Fellas...is it queer to platonically make a killware baby with your spaceship bestie? I'm so glad ART gets to be a bigger bitch this time, and I love when characters are just so so protective over their friends, to the point of violence and destruction. I knew I was getting attached to Murderbot by the end of the first book and it kept growing from there, but this added a whole new level. I am thrilled the series continued past book 4 because this character development was so *chef's kiss*. I really want a heart-to-heart between Murderbot and ART, though I'm not sure they are quite there yet. Personally, I really don't think this could ever get a screen adaptation (movie, TV, or animated) just because nothing can capture the sensation of Being a Spaceship (or re: book 2, witnessing ART's full power). It's simply impossible to fully conceive, but it works better being an abstract concept on page than trying to translate it to a visual depiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Cursing

helfire124's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Slavery, Confinement, Vomit, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

saskiahill's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The series continues to be brilliant, with new clever twists and characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Colonisation, Medical content, Blood, Gore, and Death

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Confinement, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Slavery

chloetremain's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, and Death

Minor: Xenophobia

While there is depiction of violence and injury in the fight scenes, it’s not overly graphic or detailed.

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

  ART and murderbot mean so much to me.

  On a certain level, I doubt I would be able to finish reading this book without spoilers. There were just too many tense and emotional moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Blood, Suicide, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, and Excrement

qrschulte's review

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

4.5

YESSSS MORE ART! I still really enjoyed this book, but it was a bit of a slog at some points. I think the novellas work a lot better for Murderbot stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Colonisation

Minor: Dysphoria and Pregnancy