Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

109 reviews

mothiver's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

the one and only book I’ve found so far to answer the “is the robot human?” question with “well, have you asked it if it wants to be?”. also, a protagonist who uses exclusively it/its pronouns while also having its ENTIRE story centred around how it is in fact a person, just not a human one. I’ll accept nonhuman rep when it’s this damn good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Ableism and Torture

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

Graphic: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Gun violence

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

3.0

This was an unusual read for me but I thoroughly enjoyed Murderbot’s dry and sarcastic humour 😂 
Someone wrote earlier that ‘I too like to shirk responsibility by watching TV’ and I really felt that 🙊

Weird and wonderful, this book was short and took a hold of me! 3 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

avidales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Torture

thebooksanctum's review

funny mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

Really enjoyed this! I liked seeing Murderbot's POV as a sentient robot, how they deal with humans/feel about humanity looking at them, etc, as well as the mystery as to what was going on in terms of the company/who was trying to kill the team!
Will definitely be continuing on with the series!

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Content Warnings

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

bookishedi's review

adventurous challenging informative mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Genocide

wildflowersnwhiskey's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, War, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, and Gun violence

Minor: Confinement, Classism, Blood, Trafficking, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Physical abuse

spinesinaline's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

probablytoolate's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

gpichard's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Blood, and Violence