Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

15 reviews

_david_'s review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

5.0

I have never loved a set of characters more. They feel so real. The book was about a small private dome filled with kindness and people learning about eachother and understanding eachother. There were so many beautiful moments and I couldn't have asked for a better ending to this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

avacadosocks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Genocide, and War

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

4.75

I didn't expect to like this book even better than the other three, but it is probably my favourite one in this series. Although I suppose it could be read as a standalone, the careful world building over the three previous books really pays off. The plot is minimal: five very different people are stranded on a remote planet for a few days and get to know each other. This may not sound like a gripping story, but I was absorbed and I feel like the characters are my friends now. 
My only complaint is that this is seemingly the last book in the series. I would read many more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: War, Colonisation, and Sexual content

annamorgan27's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

scruffie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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: Xenophobia and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: War, Vomit, Sexual content, and Ableism

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

I love this universe so much, and I'm heart broken for this to be my last contact with the characters. This series prompts the reader to find the beauty in the commonplace and gives hope for a brighter and kinder future. This series makes me want to roast chickpeas, laugh at the absurdity of how human society functions, and to give as much of myself as I can to making the world into a place I want to be in. Becky Chambers constantly surprises me. My perspective is clouded by my experience as an American, and every time medical care, food, water, and shelter are freely given; every time a child wit a non-binary gender is correctly named and gendered; every time people react with kindness and under the assumption that no harm was meant by a mistake or misspokenn word, I am amazed and jealous. The widely varried lifespans of the different species and their perspectives and frustrations with the GC and related wars add to the richness of this world that I've come to deeply love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, and War

beccaand's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

this series has its claws in my brain and i swear to god it's never letting go

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Genocide

Minor: Vomit, Ableism, Violence, and Sexual content

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

I adore Becky Chambers' writing style. There's not much of a plot, bad thing happens then the rest of the book is the characters interacting/learning about each other and their cultures while the problem is resolved by other people. There is conflict between the different characters but also understanding and friendship in some cases. It was a very comforting and was exactly what I needed to read right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Colonisation and Genocide

Minor: Sexual content

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was my absolute favorite of the Wayfarers series; I read it in a day. It was so interesting to have different species stuck together and come out the other end with more understanding of themselves and others. And everything is wrapped up neatly. This was a layover for the characters, but we can see the ways that small moments and taking the time to try to meet others where they are makes all the difference. I also think that people who like Welcome to Nightvale, particularly the first book, will really enjoy this book as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Minor: Violence, War, Slavery, and Sexual content