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City of Bones by Martha Wells
3.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The thing about Martha Wells is that Murderbot, as awesome as it is, is kind of a deviation from most of her work, which is extremely thoughtful fantasy with incredibly complicated worldbuilding and intricate puzzles for our heroes to solve. And the scifi setting of Murderbot hides a lot of the worldbuilding and Murderbot is a lot of fun in the way that, say, Khat or Moon or Tremaine or Kai aren't. 
But I also really like her other books and the way that the intricacy of the worldbuilding sneaks up on you until you suddenly care deeply about this grumpy person trying to stop the end of the world and also finally fit in.
Okay, maybe Murderbot is not exactly a deviation after all.