Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

76 reviews

achingallover's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

awpatton's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

mindupingu's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, and Animal death

kris386's review

slow-paced

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

1.0

I appear to be in the minority, but I absolutely hated this book. The whole thing was incredibly dull and the characters were equally awful. I went in expecting a story about astronauts stranded in space after something happens on Earth. I didn't expect to need a content warning for "animal" torture and death. It was disturbing and added nothing to the overall story, in my opinion. And, worse, the ending rendered the death completely unnecessary. The characters were already vaguely detestable prior to that horrific event and afterward I just wanted them all to waste away in space for the rest of their artificially prolonged lives anyway. So I don't know what everyone else saw in this book, but I clearly missed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Confinement

eloiseisreading's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

hatterell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A nice read but definitely a solid 3 star - I wasn't overwhelmed or underwhelmed in any way.

I liked the overall theme of the novella, and what we saw of the characters, but sometimes the scientific info dumps felt misplaced and took away from the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide attempt

pastelkerstin's review

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

alien body horror

jehansflowers's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

horizonous's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer and Sexual content