Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

27 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing. I love Murderbot and I love seeing their progressions/growth. This story shows a more sentimental/emotional side to Murderbot and it warms my heart ☺️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Medical content, and Classism

cryosphinx's review

adventurous funny 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

I think we're all Murderbot. We just want to be left alone with our shows but people keep ruining that dream. I'm glad Wells brought back the original team from All Systems Red to really put an end cap on what was supposed to be a 'conclusion' but I'm glad she decided to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing

deelightfull's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing

samuelbrown23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I did enjoy the book overall, but there time in the chapters felt boring like some of reunion with the members felt repetitive or lack of any depth. Also it was bit hard to remember what happens from book one with some of these characters. I could say it did bring some closure to story of the robot were I don’t feel the need to continue with the series. I stopped reading the series as longer invested anymore which is not due to writing or story itself just feels like I will have more fun with sci-fi like Red rising series. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

maeverose's review against another edition

3.75

Ahh I have mixed feelings. Mostly positive. I love Murderbot. It’s possibly my favorite book character. I love that even though it’s an autistic coded robot (cyborg), it subverts the usual stereotypes of that character. It has a personality, an attitude, emotions, social anxiety, and a special interest. I relate strongly to Murderbot and I just love it so much.

The thing that has me conflicted is the very tech heavy language. This is a me issue, and has been an issue for me with every book so far. My (likely adhd) brain really struggles to focus when a book has a difficult writing style or uses a lot of terms I don’t understand. I will just automatically start daydreaming or drifting off into some random thought without wanting to. It’s like it’s too much effort to read through all the confusing stuff so my focus just gives up. This type of book requires more focus than I have. I’m still gonna continue in the series, because I love Murderbot and the other characters too much not to, but every book just has me wishing it were written in a way that was more compatible with my brain.

Quotes:

“How humans decide what to do with their arms on a second-by-second basis, I still have no idea.”
Me neither, Murderbot.

“SecUnits are never allowed to sit down or use human furniture whether on or off duty, so I sat in one of the chairs and put my feet on the table. Then I took my feet off the table because it wasn’t comfortable.”

“I was in my best casual pose.”

“But I was the only one here, so I braced myself and made the ultimate sacrifice. “Uh, you can hug me if you need to.””

(“I don’t want to be a pet robot.”
“I don’t think anyone wants that.”
That was Gurathin. I don’t like him. “I don’t like you.”
“I know.”
He sounded like he thought it was funny. “That is not funny.”
“I’m going to mark your cognition level at fifty-five percent.”
“Fuck you.”
“Let’s make that sixty percent.”

“The ship didn’t have any cameras so I couldn’t see anybody. No, wait, I could use my eyes.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Stalking

Moderate warning for temporary memory loss as well

bebidocrimes's review

adventurous funny tense 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? Yes

4.5

I can see why this was originally intended to be the final story. I like the open ending, it feels so hopeful, which is funny in contrast to Murderbot's character. I wonder what made Wells continue writing? I hope we see ART again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

some_random_person_hi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Torture, Grief, and War

jvanwago's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

My least favorite of the Murderbot books so far. It consisted largely of pseudo-hacking gobbledygook. 

The “I hate humans” and “I love TV shows” shticks are getting stale.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

babudarabu's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Medical content, and Murder