A review by lizshayne
City of Bones by Martha Wells

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? It's complicated

3.5

The thing about Martha Wells is that Murderbot, as awesome as it is, is kind of a deviation from most of her work, which is extremely thoughtful fantasy with incredibly complicated worldbuilding and intricate puzzles for our heroes to solve. And the scifi setting of Murderbot hides a lot of the worldbuilding and Murderbot is a lot of fun in the way that, say, Khat or Moon or Tremaine or Kai aren't. 
But I also really like her other books and the way that the intricacy of the worldbuilding sneaks up on you until you suddenly care deeply about this grumpy person trying to stop the end of the world and also finally fit in.
Okay, maybe Murderbot is not exactly a deviation after all.