Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

76 reviews

fancymcgee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book literally has my heart beating out of tune. i don’t know how to exist with this in my head. the characters. fuck. the whole novella. dude. how did she write this. becky, how do you do this? only 130 pages and yet i am completely attached to characters and dumbfounded by the whole thing. the third planet? chikondi at the end of the second? JACK? wow. i. it was so much. i was so excited by the end of that discovery that i had to remind myself that it wasn’t real. i was absolutely and completely hooked. becky always fucking outdoes herself and to this day i think about her. i can’t. reading her books sends me into a spiral every goddamn time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Gore, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Grief

silviaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

szuum's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

nikenacs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Read #1 (summer 2021): Nightly read aloud story time with friends over Discord. A friend read this to us and I occasionally fell asleep, so I missed some small parts, but I LOVED IT. Absolutely exactly my cup of tea, will definitely read more by Becky Chambers.

Read #2 (March 2023): Loved it even more when consciously reading by myself, if that was even possible. This book is everything. It legit changed how I look at humanity, science and space exploration. I will be recommending this to absolutely anybody with even a passing interest in scifi. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-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

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide attempt

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.75

Wow, my heart. I felt so immersed. As I was reading I just had the feeling of “this is what reading is meant to feel like.” This book transported me to another world. Exactly what I wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War

whylal's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, and War

wanderonwards's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

lily_k8y's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

The arc on Opera had my heart squeezed as all members of the crew had different ways of coping with the harsh environment. Ariadne's reaction squeezed my heart and I loved how important it was for the crew to minimise their footprint to the worlds they visited.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content

troisha's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death and Vomit