Reviews tagging 'Death'

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

107 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

On my journey to reread the series since I haven’t read the latest installments and wanted to refresh myself on everything.  This one was used to develop more background and history of Murderbot, as well as introducing a new bff, more friendly humans that produce emotions, and also some insight into different constructs.  It felt more like a bridge for what comes next since it was setting up quite a bit.  Still an enjoyable romp.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Slavery, Self harm, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

hendrixpants's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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: Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Slavery

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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: Murder, Violence, and Death

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

This one was quite funny and I loved seeing the murderbot and ART interact. I'm also excited to see how the plot behind the murderbots's rogueness unfolds 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Death

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

e_claire's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Slavery, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Murderbot is just doing his best! Graphic Audios *bow down*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Murder, and Death

kailawalton's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.0

Really liking this series thus far. If you’re a fan of short sci-fi books that have an awkward and anti social robot as the main character, you’ll like this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

pacifickat's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

This series is delightful. Buddying Murderbot up with a sassy and sarcastic transport ship was brilliant. I enjoyed how their interactions contrasted how two non-human beings might relate, as opposed to how humans relate to robots, AI, constructs, and each other. Clever and humorous, an excellent second installment to the Muderbot Diaries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

Control, denying bodily autonomy, forced violence

spinesinaline's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

My favourite of the Murderbot series so far. I LOVED the friendships and all the interactions between Murderbot and ART, especially both of them trying to understand human gestures.

"Yes, the giant transport bot is going to help the construct SecUnit pretend to be human. This will go well." (p. 71-72)

I was missing some of the wrap-up of the conflict from the first book so I'm glad we intermittently touch on some of the details here, especially the admin side of how it all gets cleaned up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence