Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Network Effect by Martha Wells

60 reviews

octopus_farmer's review

adventurous 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

3.0

Not bad! Didn’t realize it was so much longer until I realized things weren’t wrapping. WILD conclusion. The tone overall was a lot more serious and dark from the get go to the end. I can’t believe I’m going to have to add this to my list of

divine mycelium

books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

scifi_rat's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, and Blood

ailsaod's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-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

 I'm a little conflicted about this book - it is the only entry in the series so far that is novel length (though a short novel!) but I can't tell if the increased length was a good thing or not. I actually bought a copy for myself instead of waiting for it to be free at the library but I am a bit puzzled by the pricing of this series - £14.99 for a not particularly long paperback seems a bit steep for me!

In this book there is more space for Murderbot to interact with the characters which I very much enjoyed - the reappearance of ART was appreciated! - but the plot was slower and it was veeery exposition heavy in places. I did like how the alien tech stuff that started the plot in book one was actually elaborated on a bit in this book and the climax of the book was enjoyably creepy!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

purplepenning'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Xenophobia

skylarkindareads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence and Gore

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I love this series! This one was interesting, being much longer and having different perspectives shown more. I really liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Colonisation, Abandonment, and Blood

that_kid_with_the_sword's review

adventurous 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: Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

matthewclan's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Body horror

happysami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery

asphodelashes's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Death