Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fugitive Telemetry (Dramatized Adaptation) by Martha Wells

62 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This one was a bit of a murder mystery/whodunnit/almost a buddy cop moment and I’m not mad about it at all.  I don’t think it moved the major overarching story much but it did develop more of the interpersonal relationships that Murderbot has been, let’s say, cultivating in a quasi-antagonistic manner.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Trafficking

arinheck's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, Murder, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Body horror

hendrixpants's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

spinesinaline's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Please give me all the Murderbot detective adventures

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

indeedithappens's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Stalking, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Trafficking, Abandonment, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

obscurepages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Okay, this was really fun! I wouldn't say it's not as good as the previous ones, because it is good. It still has the same humor and less action maybe? But compared to the previous installments, this one didn't feel like a really wild emotional roller coaster. Which is still a good thing for me, to be honest. 😂

I mean, reading Murderbot always has some sort of high-stakes plot, with the prospect of imminent death (or shutdown) for Murderbot always on the horizon. But this felt more like a regular murder mystery story, with Murderbot trying to be helpful and keep everyone safe (even though some people are still wary of its presence). Also, I love the fact that Murderbot got to interact with a lot more bots here. And that again, we see humanity in these robot constructs.

Overall, this was a fun, good murder mystery installment to the Murderbot series. I really enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Death

Minor: Slavery

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Slavery

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad 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

4.75

Reading this reminded me of how much I love this series.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, and Blood

erebus53's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is basically a whodunnit. SecUnit has been outed and now the humans on Preservation Station know that a free SecUnit is cohabiting with them. It's time to SecUnit to try and make some friends to gain some favour with the locals, but that might mean doing things other than watchin media... which is annoying.

When SecUnit is called in to help investigate the untimely demise of a "dead human" (can you just refer to "the victim"?!) it first has to figure out if this person had any connection to the GrayCris corporates who have been threatening his human companion, Mensah. Although SecUnit has only been given limited permissions to access security systems on the station, it has been offered payment for its services and it now has to figure out a locked room mystery in which a corpse has been moved from a murder scene without anyone being caught by the security sensors.

I actually found this a little more fun than the previous book, probably because the pace is easy and there isn't a lot of combat. In fact, when it looks like we might be winding up for a huge fight-scene it THANKFULLY doesn't eventuate. I always feel like going to sleep when we get into blow by blow battles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Xenophobia