Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Network Effect by Martha Wells

37 reviews

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

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

fraxisle's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Violence

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.

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

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Medical content and Violence

icarusandthesun's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

laugh-out-loud funny, exciting and very human.
i love art's and muderbot's relationship, it's so unique and full of banter and still tinged with a certain kind of affection. 
the story was packed with action and adventure and interesting plot-points and plot-twists, however the pacing felt a little off this time.
some parts of the mission were hard to read, even a little boring. the great characters undoubtedly made up for it though. reading about murderbot interacting with anyone is always the most entertaining and heartwarming. the emotional character development in this one was strong with all these new and important relationships established and explored.

i loved the experimenting with different POVs towards the end, that was refreshing and just a good time in general.

the best book character-wise, but not really the best story-wise.

update: march 26
upon re-reading it, i've only been enforced in my opinion that this one's probably my least favorite murderbot diary. it's kinda lengthy and though the plot is interesting 'on paper', the actual writing was a little exhausting. 
as i've mentioned before, the characters are great and so is the character development. the rest, though, ehh...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

This is my favourite novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexual assault, Slavery, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, and Medical content

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Medical content

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