Reviews - Of Monsters and Mainframes

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Of Monsters and Mainframes

Barbara Truelove

4.31 AVERAGE

mjomalley's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kshannon56's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

literatelizard's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

susysstories's review

4.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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: No

A fun cozy scifi/fantasy that had me engaged. Great characters, quite liked the sentient AI and monsters. Loved how Demeter evolved. Not sure if it was intended, or if it was just the narrator, but towards the end she sounded way less calm and rational, sometimes it was a bit too much lol Had to re listen a few parts as I wasn't sure how they got to a certain point. The end was satisfying.

Characters 10
Atmosphere 10
Writing Style 9
Premise 9
Plot 9
Pace 9
Length 9
Structure/Setup 8
Enjoyment/Engrossment 8
Narration 8

frannienhi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

Two humans, a werewolf, and vampires board a spaceship with a medical steward, what could go wrong?? LOVED this storytelling and the multiple POVs. Is it funny or scary that machines and humans are a good team?

brittanyducky's review against another edition

3.0

Extremely cool and fun premise, several glimmers of greatness, but fell short a bit on execution for me. It felt like "this happened then this happened then this happened" instead of a linear, cohesive story, and I never felt like the found family was earned because I didn't really get to know the characters and see their relationships develop beyond a few quick scenes. It just needed polish. That said, I loved the concept and I would read this author again!