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metamorphobooks's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
spiderelsa's review against another edition
5.0
Those feels where your friends notice you, when you were just trying to notice and take care of them. Highly inconvenient and uncomfortable. And sounds a bit like love.
ffictionist's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nashreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
jvilches's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
kavreb's review against another edition
4.0
As abrupt as it is short, Home is a story of what probably happens to everybody that survives any of the horrors our adventure heroes usually just casually brush off.
Mental health is a vital topic, and I'm glad to see Wells take it so seriously, showing how going through something her characters have gone through will not leave you unchanged, and how it's one's approach to the world that is suddenly so unlike before, and much harder to deal with. The Murderbot Diaries has (so far) always kept one toe in mental problems and it's nice to see a story centred almost solely on that (touching on the nature of corporate and technological slavery, with reminders of exploitation and lack of care for living beings under capitalism run mad (or exactly as intended), is, as always, also nice).
It's also enjoyable to see Murderbot from another point of view, the wry and socially awkward extremely effective potential killing machine (but not machine) we're familiar with from first person, now standing in front of us, tall, self-assured and oh how assuring. Kinda makes you contemplate how often one's own vision of oneself differs from that of others?
In short, a lovely little tale that I wished had gone on for longer, even if it did say what it had to say already. Also did what stories like this are meant to do - got me so damn excited for the next Murderbot book.
(And maybe a whole novella from Mensha's POV? A person can dream)
Mental health is a vital topic, and I'm glad to see Wells take it so seriously, showing how going through something her characters have gone through will not leave you unchanged, and how it's one's approach to the world that is suddenly so unlike before, and much harder to deal with. The Murderbot Diaries has (so far) always kept one toe in mental problems and it's nice to see a story centred almost solely on that (touching on the nature of corporate and technological slavery, with reminders of exploitation and lack of care for living beings under capitalism run mad (or exactly as intended), is, as always, also nice).
It's also enjoyable to see Murderbot from another point of view, the wry and socially awkward extremely effective potential killing machine (but not machine) we're familiar with from first person, now standing in front of us, tall, self-assured and oh how assuring. Kinda makes you contemplate how often one's own vision of oneself differs from that of others?
In short, a lovely little tale that I wished had gone on for longer, even if it did say what it had to say already. Also did what stories like this are meant to do - got me so damn excited for the next Murderbot book.
(And maybe a whole novella from Mensha's POV? A person can dream)
holly_117's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
eeriekeri's review against another edition
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
emilymalonzo's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.0
wayward's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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? No
4.25