Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Fugitive Telemetry (Dramatized Adaptation) by Martha Wells

95 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

e_l_k's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

Not my favorite Murderbot story so far (Network Effect takes the cake for that one), but still a very enjoyable tale! There are some contrivances that prevent Murderbot from being able to solve this mystery immediately that occasionally seemed a little unreasonable, but not enough to detract from enjoyment. My only complaint is that the climax felt like it lurched forward just a little, rather than being a direct result of anyone's actions. Still fun!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Blood, Gore, and Murder

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

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

After the disappointing read that was network effect, I have to say I went into this with extremely low expectations.

So I don’t know if that was what made this one of the better books in this series or if the author needed to come back to novellas and that worked. 

The plot in this was different and interesting and unpredictable (especially compared to the previous books) and I enjoyed that s lot. 

Also murderbot was back to its snarky ways in this one, so that was fun too.

I don’t know if the pacing in this was actually better than in network effect or if the noticeable lack of length (160 pages compared to the 350 pages of network effect) just made the pacing better, but this didn’t drag, had a nice fast pacing and a good mixture of investigation and action. 

This was fun and entertaining and made me enjoy the series again, which yes repeating myself again, I didn’t expect after that last book at all. 

Well done, Martha wells! Let’s hope the next one will be a bit different and a similar pacing ad well, so that it is kept interesting and more unique and makes this sierra worth while to read just like this novella did!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.0

I could listen to Murderbot adventures to the end of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Slavery

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

distinctly a murderbot diary with its sci-fi action, murderbot's social awkwardness and some nice preservation world-building.
this time there was also a murder mystery which was fun!

i liked it, as in it was perfectly fine and a very comfy read!
however it wasn't the best nor the most exciting one of the diaries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Slavery

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