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lonelylooper's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
pacifickat's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
"Please calm yourselves and stop talking. Plan A01: Rain Destruction has been superseded by Plan B01: Distract and Extract." -Parihelion
Fun, if not a little confusing. I adore the Murderbot series, and Network effect is a worthy, novel-length addition. Definitely did a lot to push the emotional growth of Murderbot forward, adding in a whole cast of new characters, as well as bringing back some old favorites.
I love how Wells writes Murderbot's unique interactions with various sentient beings beyond its human clients. I also have enjoyed Murderbot's
These books are so very fun, deeply empathetic, and manage to pack so much character development between fast-paced storytelling and wonderful action sequences. 4 stars for this one.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
pedanther's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Colonisation
Minor: Slavery
etherealisnt's review against another edition
- 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
It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
I am so entangled in this universe that leaving is impossible (not that I'd even want to do that). I feel like someone grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me so hard that my brain got bounced around.
What the fuck? I was NOT prepared for all of these emotions and the raw reality of learning to live. This was more than I could even dreams of - Murderbot, its crew, ART with its crew, space adventures and a fuckton more! (So much happened in here I swear.)
I hate it when humans and augmented humans ruin things for no reason. Maybe because I was a thing before I was a person and if I’m not careful I could be a thing again.
Well, the adventures were overshadowed by the amount of emotional damage that every other page of this book decided to hit me with. I was genuinely worried and crying by the last chapters, it's not even funny (the book is funny tho). Nevertheless, the writing, the characters, the plot and all the dynamics are to die for! I am thrilled to continue the series and get to witness even more of Murderbot's journey! <3
I don't want to not see you again.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Grief
lorien13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
icarusandthesun's review
- 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
3.0
i love art's and muderbot's relationship, it's so unique and full of banter and still tinged with a certain kind of affection.
the story was packed with action and adventure and interesting plot-points and plot-twists, however the pacing felt a little off this time.
some parts of the mission were hard to read, even a little boring. the great characters undoubtedly made up for it though. reading about murderbot interacting with anyone is always the most entertaining and heartwarming. the emotional character development in this one was strong with all these new and important relationships established and explored.
i loved the experimenting with different POVs towards the end, that was refreshing and just a good time in general.
the best book character-wise, but not really the best story-wise.
update: march 26
upon re-reading it, i've only been enforced in my opinion that this one's probably my least favorite murderbot diary. it's kinda lengthy and though the plot is interesting 'on paper', the actual writing was a little exhausting.
as i've mentioned before, the characters are great and so is the character development. the rest, though, ehh...
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
stories's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The characters sing.
Murderbot is growing and maturing and navigating more than just its complex relationships with *humans* now.
We got to revisit old friends, meet new friends, enemies and acquaintances, and experience the full spectrum of emotions in an action packed mystery investigation.
Perhaps by consequence of being longer, I found Network Effect more challenging to read than the other Murderbot books, but I’d say it was still worth the effort.
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Kidnapping, Murder, and Dysphoria
wilybooklover's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, and Colonisation
divine529's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This is basically a typical Murderbot story with more content and an emphasis on it's various relationships and I adored it on ever level. And I loved seeing ART again. That is all.
I'll absolutely be reading this again and I can't wait to dive into the next installment.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
dolores_madil's review
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders