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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

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mssunnyskies's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

kdahlo's review against another edition

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3.0

I really like the Wayfarers series, this book also stands alone just fine. No required knowledge from other books and only a tiny overlap in characters. If you know the series, you know not to expect intense plotting, the story here is people (aliens) meeting, building relationships and changing a little bit because of what they learn in those relationships. There is always great world-building and the characters are lovely and detailed. I'll admit, I'm still waiting for *something to happen* in this series because that's what I like. If you can get past that impulse entirely it will help you enjoy these books even more.

speedireads's review against another edition

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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

4.0

proofofruin's review against another edition

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4.0

shoutout becky chambers i adore you

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bluejaybooks's review against another edition

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A character driven book about aliens where the main draw is the focus on the characters. I really thought the author was trying to write a book without humans on the page until the part where

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a minor human character made an appearance.

Still, this is about the closest to a book without humans as you can get though the aliens are of the sort that you sometimes forget they aren't human until they start talking about their antennae or various other appendages.

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They also talk about a few things that either presently or historically varied across cultures as though all humans engaged in such behavior. For example, the characters had a lengthy explanation of what cheese was and how it's weird that human adults like it. It's my understanding that--at least historically--some human cultures have also thought of adults eating cheese as weird. Then again, it makes sense that the space faring humans these aliens have come into contact with would eat cheese given its current wide spread consumption.