A review by adancewithbooks
System Collapse by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

  Thank you to Tor Publishing Group and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway. 


System Collapse is already book 7 of the Murderbot series. I feel like time has been flying with this series. I can't believe we are already at book 7. This book is set directly after Network Effect. 

This book rightly is called system collapse. Murderbot is struggling after the events of Network Effect. Thinking she lost ART and what happened with the contamination awith it at the end and the fight, really took its toll. As much as Murderbot tries to deny it, their is a part of it that is human. It has neural tissue. The trauma from Network Effect, but I would also think from previous adventures as a lot has happened to it, is catching up to it. And it is something that it has to deal with. Something that it is coming to terms with slowly in this book. 

I think it was good to see this side of Murderbot. Everything can't keep happening to it without repercussions. It is interesting how at the start of Network Effect she was telling Mensah that she needed to take the trauma therapy and now it is in that same boat. 

The story was decent. Nothing in that stood out per se. It was a good backdrop for what Murderbot needed to work through. It also shows some resolve for the ending of Network Effect. 

The relationships between the characters was great. Murderbot and Art always make any conversation better when they are in it together. I also appreciated seeing Murderbot with Art's humans and seeing how their interactions work. Love how good Rathi knows Murderbot by now. 
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