Reviews

Maker Space by K.B. Spangler

tuff_g's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

katybug25's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

archergal's review

3.0

I think I liked the first book a bit better than this. The collective of the cyborgs and their ability to communicate with and to help each other is appealing. The machinations of technocrats who manipulate grief and sow chaos is very timely, and very depressing.

I like Rachel Peng, though.

ETA: a competent protagonist who can use her brain implant to control electronics and to scan things kinda scratches the same itch for me as the Murderbot books.

wetdryvac's review

5.0

It's telling that my least favorite of this series still rocks more socks that my most favorite of most other series. Seriously, when you can come back for a reread of an entire series and not think of your least favorite, "Oh, it's that book again," But instead look forward to it? WIN.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to re-reading this again next year, too.

linluvsbooks's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Love and adore the A Girl and Her Fed comic and the Peng novel series is AMAZING. excellent story telling and world building. 

quiraang's review

3.0

A continuation of the story in book #1. More development of the main characters, and good plot, which started of well, but I felt tailed off a bit towards the end. Looking forward to the next in the series.

kwugirl's review

4.0

A worthy second book. One thing I really like about both the comic and these books is that the author is surprisingly good at keeping the depiction of different political angles fairly well-balanced.

terriaminute's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

There are at least twice as many edit errors and typos in this book as in the first one, which was not error-free. I miss the days of careful editing. 

I see other reviewers were unimpressed with the plot. It kind of worked for me, but that's because I often miss a point or two. I assume it's me. Apparently this time it's the plot. But that matters less to me because I like the characters, and the underlying theme of yes people are stupid but also people are good. That matches my observations over six decades of life on Earth (I was not all that observant before I turned 5): as a whole, human behavior has trended toward better, despite major setbacks. 

Maker Space did its job; I'll read the next in the series. 

hteph's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

nkmeyers's review

4.0

Rachel Peng is a one-of a kind speculative crime fiction protagonist that I want to see more of, and maybe you do too? She lets the author and the reader explore all kinds of complicated territory and contemporary conundrums. There's a good dose of humor to ease the journey and keep it from going all neuromancer on you, and best of all, lots of action with frequent beer and pizza breaks.