Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Network Effect by Martha Wells

31 reviews

karin_goodreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

The Murderbot Diaries' first full novel! Murderbot needs to deal with its crew getting mixed up in a space kidnapping, taking on a strange planet and its colony, while keeping everyone (mostly) intact and alive. An old friend from the past makes a return with a urgent help request. Murderbot just needs to get through all of it in one piece (mentally, emotionally & physically)... how challenging can it be?
 

It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.

I am so entangled in this universe that leaving is impossible (not that I'd even want to do that). I feel like someone grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me so hard that my brain got bounced around.
What the fuck? I was NOT prepared for all of these emotions and the raw reality of learning to live. This was more than I could even dreams of - Murderbot, its crew, ART with its crew, space adventures and a fuckton more! (So much happened in here I swear.)

I hate it when humans and augmented humans ruin things for no reason. Maybe because I was a thing before I was a person and if I’m not careful I could be a thing again.

 
Well, the adventures were overshadowed by the amount of emotional damage that every other page of this book decided to hit me with. I was genuinely worried and crying by the last chapters, it's not even funny (the book is funny tho). Nevertheless, the writing, the characters, the plot and all the dynamics are to die for! I am thrilled to continue the series and get to witness even more of Murderbot's journey! <3

I don't want to not see you again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Colonisation, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief, Slavery, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical trauma, Confinement, and Murder

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Slavery, Confinement, Vomit, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

saskiahill's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The series continues to be brilliant, with new clever twists and characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Colonisation, Medical content, Blood, Gore, and Death

fraxisle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Violence

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

YESSSS MORE ART! I still really enjoyed this book, but it was a bit of a slog at some points. I think the novellas work a lot better for Murderbot stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Colonisation

Minor: Dysphoria and Pregnancy

rach_fornow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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 find these books to not require much of me emotionally or intellectually so I can just kind of sit and let it wash over me and laugh a little at the funny bits. The violence isn’t described in a way that makes me envision it so I’m not disturbed. 
and for some reason the narrator’s voice is calming to me now. a good, low stakes read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Violence

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

This is my favourite novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexual assault, Slavery, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, and Medical content

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Medical content

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Colonisation and Body horror