A review by geraldine
System Collapse by Martha Wells

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

3.5

 the problem with reading this was that it's a direct sequel to Network Effect and because i read so much of Network Effect while in jury duty my memories of that book are wholly combined with my memories of a jury trial i didn't actually get picked for (and that i would have contributed to a hung jury if i had been)

look sometimes murder is justified ok!! talk shit get hit!!!

didn't realize it wasn't as much of a novella as the others and i was in my bed reading it going, i thought these were shorter?

definitely had better pacing than network effect but maybe that was because i was happily warm in my bed and not freezing my ass off on a jury duty bench*

*just looked it up and it's twice as long as the novellas but like 60% the length of network effect and i feel like this works. nice length for exploring caves and once again almost dying. classic