Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

118 reviews

annamorgan27's review

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Cursing

sulinde's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

A by turns charming, riveting and heartbreaking portrait of someone learning how to feel at home in themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Dysphoria, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

mkwoods's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Man I love Becky Chambers’ work! Her ability to imagine and articulate the mind and experiences of a sentient AI are just incredible here. Some passages reminded me of the beautiful descriptions of code in Alif the Unseen.

I knew going in that this book wouldn’t focus on the main characters from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and I wasn’t sure how I would feel about that. It wasn’t an issue at all! I absolutely loved this one just as I loved the first. I took almost a year in between reading the two books which I think helped me not miss the other characters too much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Child death

madzobean'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

Moderate: Slavery and Death

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Plot: 3.5★
Prose: 3 ★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4.5★/4★
Characters: 3★
Worldbuilding: 4.5★
Ending: 3.25★

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Eating disorder, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Drug use, Vomit, and Xenophobia

chf1895's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Gore

crimelessvictim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Violence, Confinement, and Child death

mjwhitlock18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I love all of Becky Chambers’ work and this is no different. She does sci-fi that feels cozy and satisfying and optimistic. This story explores themes of identity and purpose, along with friendship, autonomy, and creating a space for yourself in the world. It beautifully intertwines the stories of Pepper and Sidra, along with a great cast of supporting characters. 5 stars, no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Grief

nodogsonthemoon's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Drug use

dlrosebyh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.25

Lovelace was previously only an artificial intelligence on a ship. She must start again in a synthetic body in a society where people of her type are forbidden when she awakens in a new body after a complete system shutdown and reboot. Never has she felt so alone.

She is not, however, truly alone. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her acclimate to her new surroundings. Pepper is an expert at beginning fresh, after all.

Avoid making the same mistake I did and read this book without expecting a plot-heavy story because the action doesn't start until the last 5%. Nothing in particular was wrong with it—it brought me all sorts of comfort—but i was just not in the mood for it. As a mood reader, i needed something plot heavy, so it kind of wrecked the experience for me.

This sequel follows an AI and a human with knowledge of AIs. In the first book, we meet them but don't follow them. This book is fantastic if you enjoy reading in-depth character studies and analyses. If you love character driven stories— no plot, just vibes— then this one is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Infertility and Drug use