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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Gun violence
Minor: Trafficking and Slavery
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Colonisation
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
A very short (too short!) little prequel to Murderbot, set before all the other books during Murderbot's time guarding mining equipment. Fans will love it -- obviously, I loved it -- but with its length it feels more like a foreword than a standalone story.
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
It is hard to rate this collection as, inevitably, I enjoyed some stories more than others; one I didn't finish for 'content warnings' related reasons, and two I did not finish just because they didn't hold my attention. The rest, I enjoyed. A few favourites include:
-"Sonora's Journey" by Kai Holmwood - a personification of a desert as a protagonist, and an interesting structure
-"The Business of Bees" by Andrew Knighton - a cat protagonist, so of course I loved it
-"AI Dreams of Real Sheep - More at 8" by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio - a linguistic classification program gains sentience
-"Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski - hilarious song and dance battle
-"Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song" by Tashan Mehta - beautiful story of beyond human language, grief, and communing with those around us
Thank you to World Weaver Press & NetGalley for providing an ARC for me to review.
Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Death
Minor: Sexual assault
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Minor: Animal death and Alcohol
5.0
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail
5.0
Content warnings: violence, murder, death, death of a parent, blood, colonial violence, police / military brutality, grief
Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Blood
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Content warnings: racism, discrimination, police brutality, grief, death of a parent, drug & alcohol use
Graphic: Racism, Grief, Police brutality, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Drug abuse