Reviews

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

krusen's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.75

kanelilukemista's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

3.5

kakesandtea's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

fjkcppa's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

lindsayreads21's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

izzy42's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

quadcore's review against another edition

funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

poorlywordedbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. …𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦…

   

This is the first novella in the Murderbot series that I’ve seen all over bookstagram, and it was a fun little read. Murderbot is a bionic security unit that’s managed to free itself of its main corporate chains, but isn’t quite ready to soul search what that means, and would much prefer to just watch tv.

   

Murderbot was a definite mood, and I’ll pick up the next book - it makes a good introduction, but plot and character wise it’s not very satisfying as a standalone, so I hope the series all builds on this foundation. 

kursten's review against another edition

5.0

Murderbot brings me absolute joy. Full stop.

Even though this was a novella and very short, the world building and character development were phenomenal. I fell in love with all of it very quickly - especially Murderbot, who already has a much loved place in my heart.

gloria_mumbi's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0