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A review by booking_along
Network Effect by Martha Wells
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
i want to love this series, and i really enjoyed the first one and was so excited to get more murderbot which was the character i enjoyed the most.
but it just keeps going down hill for me and this series and this particular installment? too long and just felt not just reusing what was already done similarly previous lot only in the series but also in this book itself.
the novellas are okay even if sadly i didn’t love the last one of that either BUT they are short and get to the point and it’s done.
this just kept going and kept having the same stuff happen -action, murderbot getting hurt, some downtime, once again action, murderbot hurt again, some slower pages and it starts all over again.
and normally that’s okay i don’t mind predictable storytelling and i don’t even mind it particularly much in the novellas - but this was too long and too repetitive in what would happen.
there is different plot and different AI and bad guys and robots popping up but it just felt all „been there done that“ to me. sadly.
that all being said it wasn’t horrible or „the worst“. and i know this series has its big fans with is fantastic.
sadly i just seemed unable to become one as well no matter how much i wish i could.
but it just keeps going down hill for me and this series and this particular installment? too long and just felt not just reusing what was already done similarly previous lot only in the series but also in this book itself.
the novellas are okay even if sadly i didn’t love the last one of that either BUT they are short and get to the point and it’s done.
this just kept going and kept having the same stuff happen -action, murderbot getting hurt, some downtime, once again action, murderbot hurt again, some slower pages and it starts all over again.
and normally that’s okay i don’t mind predictable storytelling and i don’t even mind it particularly much in the novellas - but this was too long and too repetitive in what would happen.
there is different plot and different AI and bad guys and robots popping up but it just felt all „been there done that“ to me. sadly.
that all being said it wasn’t horrible or „the worst“. and i know this series has its big fans with is fantastic.
sadly i just seemed unable to become one as well no matter how much i wish i could.