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Network Effect by Martha Wells

19 reviews

divine529's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

I absolutely adored the Murderbot novel. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

emotional sad tense medium-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

I absolutely love this. My biggest criticism has been that I wanted more content from the novellas. This gave me that the emotions, the character development, the exploring of relationships yes is all I have to say. I am fully and unconditionally in love with Murderbot and will gladly be its life partner. Everyone who said it was too long and could have been cut down was wrong because then we would have lost all the character development and rareness that was in this book. So the novellas up to now have been about moving the plot forward and learning about Murderbot along the way but at the same time, the short word count has also let Murderbot be like I don’t want to deal with emotions. In this novel, they were forced in many different ways to confront their emotions and to a certain extent deal with them or at least not ignore them. Murderbot is an android and in this world AI’s of all kinds can become sentient and this is a new concept not just for the many different types of AI but also for humans. For the first time, we really get to fully see and experience it not just acknowledge it and then push it off because we have to give the plot more page time. So far one of best books I have ready this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

When I say I can’t get enough Murderbot I really really mean it. 

Incredible story wonderfully written and phenomenal characters. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

The adult/minor relationship is entirely very minimal, it’s brief and the minor involved doesn’t get hurt (

as murderbot puts a stop to it before the adult can do anything

but the grooming is discussed in a matter of fact way. Which, while technically minor, might be very upsetting to someone who has experienced that.

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

I’ve really been savoring my reading experience with Network Effect. I love Murderbot so much, and getting to read a full length novel in this series? It was just amazing! And a totally different reading experience from the novellas. It felt so different and yet exactly the same.

I loved getting to see ART/Perihelion again! And we got to see more of ART’s crew and what they actually do. I also loved seeing Murderbot having a contract on its own terms and…you know, everything going to hell like usual. I also really liked that we got to see Murderbot making new friends! I have to say that this book had some of the most hilarious bits of dialogue in this series. I loved that Murderbot’s humans just straight up thought MB and ART were a thing for a minute there. I just about died laughing! But I also really loved the moment that everyone realized that ART was Murderbot’s best friend. It was so nice.

Honestly, this book was such a fun read. I can’t wait to see what else this series has to offer. And I can’t wait to see more of 3 in the future. This one is getting a solid four and a half stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

5.0

Hello, full-length novel featuring Murderbot and friends (clients)! This had a very murder-mystery feel going on, but in space and with tons of snark because of course. I got so happy when certain characters came back! This series is by far one of the most entertaining things I've read recently. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Medical content

gracecrandall's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

catherineclark's review

adventurous funny fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Kidnapping

troisha's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Medical content, and Grief

spiritedfaraway's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“After spending my entire existence having to gently suggest to humans that they not do things that would probably get them killed, it was nice to be able to tell them in so many words to not be so fucking stupid.”

I don’t want to give too much away, because this is the fifth book in a series, but if you loved the novellas, then Network Effect is definitely for you. This book took everything I loved about the first four books and kicked it up a notch and I honestly think this might be my favorite out of the entire series.

I still absolutely feel that Murderbot is one the most relatable characters I’ve ever read about. They’re both very introverted and very anxious. And their dry wit and sass doesn’t hurt either!

As you expect with every book in this series, there’s action, adventure, and a good dose of friendship (though shhhhhhh, don’t let Murderbot know).

“Her expression had turned all melty and sentimental. “No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract.”

In fact, one of the things I truly love about these space adventures are the connections and the character development Murderbot makes. The character dynamics are always a treat to read about and the ones in this book are definitely not a let down!

Some old characters are fleshed out and some new characters are introduced. There’s fighting, arguing, and (gasp!) emotions. This installment to the Murderbot Diaries is absolutely fantastic and definitely lived up to all my expectations.

All the stars!

An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror