Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

51 reviews

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed this as a continuation of the first book in the Wayfarer’s series! I can’t say which I prefer as both of them are very good. 

This one explores different characters to those mentioned in the first book and you could read it as a stand alone if you wished although the world may be a little more difficult to understand.

This was an emotive and interesting exploration about what makes up a person and how one can adapt to whatever situations they’re put in. With a beautiful writing style from Becky Chambers and loveable characters, it’s a wonderful book! 

Easily accessible to read and fun to devour! I would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Grief, and Animal death

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

A great follow-up to the first book, though fairly different in many ways. It's a bit slower and more character-driven, focusing on a smaller cast of primary characters (see spoiler here if you want to know which ones)

This book focuses on Lovelace and Pepper; the rest of the Wayfarer crew is not featured.

It also has slightly "deeper" themes, focused on personhood, autonomy, and family.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, and Slavery

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Child abuse, and Sexual content

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really really liked this. It was different from the first book in the series, and less lighthearted for sure, but Becky Chambers is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. The characters and worlds she builds are amazing and so well thought-out. This book had some darker/sadder elements than I'm used to with other books I've read by her, but not in a bad way. I can't wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Slavery, Cursing, Dysphoria, Animal death, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, War, Vomit, Colonisation, and Mental illness

beccaand's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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 love the Wayfarer's universe so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, and Slavery

Minor: Drug use and Infertility

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Cursing

ashyouwish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol

the_tridentarii's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Dysphoria, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, and Grief

lilifane's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

I was worried if I would enjoy this book when it's been such a long time since I read first Wayfarers and could barely remember it. Especially the ending. So I was pleasantly surprised that this had not much to do with the first book in the series. But I was also a little irritated because I had expected the story to take place on the Wayfarer, which it doesn't. So I still had a hard time to get into the story for half of the book. Also, the first half is very slooow and very character driven. Not much happens (which could be said for the whole book tbh) but you get to know the characters little by little and the more you do so the more you fall in love with them. And once you're attached to them, you have a lot of feels and want to read on, even if it's just to read about their day-to-day lives. 
So this book has not much of a plot, but it's more about the question of what makes a person a person. It's about loneliness, autonomy and the purpose of life. And it's about friendship and (found) family - my all-time favorite tropes. It's also very wholesome and will leave you all warm and fuzzy at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

starlessnights's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Vomit