Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

System Collapse by Martha Wells

18 reviews

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

displacedcactus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

Another great entry in this series. I definitely recommend re-reading the previous book if it's been a while since you read it. It took me a while to remember what was going on, since this one takes place pretty much immediately after the previous one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Slavery

julesadventurezone's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

This does a lovely job at expanding the story from the end of Network Effect. The cast of characters is well chosen

, though I did wish for more Three,

and I really like Murderbot's emotional journey through the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Slavery, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.75

Phew, if you thought Muderbot had anxiety and trauma before! This installment showed more Muderbot having more vulnerability, at least with itself in recognizing it's own emotions and issues, which was so heartwarming. I hope it and Iris get more time to interact in the future, I'm hoping Wells puts her up there with Ratthi (re: being in every situation).

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Slavery and Colonisation

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

This was shipped to me early by mistake and I couldn't not read it immediately. 

This book reads a bit like an ongoing panic attack by our resident SecUnit. Murderbot is doing worse than usual, poor dear. 

The book makes the choice to chop down the now rather massive ensemble cast to four plus MB for the majority of the book, which is smart and I appreciate it, but also I was a little sad that we got so little Three content. Also i don't think in terms of compelling core team nothing will reach Amena & ART & Murderbot. Which is a lot of words to say that the relationships at the core of this book were somewhat less compelling than the ones in Network Effect. 

In terms of steps up I found the happenings easier to follow (especially the intersystem communication).

I also liked the story very much, especially the team frantically making a documentary and the very tense escape through the dark at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit