madgerdes's Reviews (970)

People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories

DID NOT FINISH

Just really couldn’t get into it, even after I finished the first story. Trying to be better about DNFing books I’m not enjoying!

Fugitive Telemetry

Martha Wells

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious 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: Complicated

Gilded

Marissa Meyer

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Network Effect

Martha Wells

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

This was my favorite Murderbot book yet. I loved getting to spend more time with the characters - even though most of the human characters are new(ish) in this installment, I felt attached to them by the end. The friendship that developed between Murderbot and Amena was a highlight and I loved how it developed through the story. And ART!!! ART <3 I love the Murderbot-ART dynamic. The way Martha Wells can balance action, world building, and deeply, relatably human character development astounds me every time. This book had me breathless with the action and the emotion and I am so excited to read the next one :’) Murderbot forever!!!! Also I love 3 and I hope it comes back in the future.