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cwe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
relaxing
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Xenophobia
sophiesmallhands'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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War
beccaand'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
5.0
this series has its claws in my brain and i swear to god it's never letting go
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit
deedireads'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
4.25
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within is the fourth and final book in Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series, and it was nominated for this year’s Hugo Award.
The story is about a group of people, all of different species, who find themselves temporarily trapped on a small planet that basically just has the equivalent of a rest stop on it. The recognizable character is Pei, Ashby’s secret girlfriend who is also a badass bad-guy fighter.
I loved that with this book, we get more of one of the best parts of Small, Angry Planet: having all these species in one place together, learning and confronting biases and xenophobia, forcing us as readers to think about how this applies to our own biases and xenophobia. Of the four Wayfarers books, this one feels the most like her Monk & Robot books: just enough plot to give the book a bit of a shape, and lots of philosophical conversations between characters about morality, purpose, and acceptance. Personally, I love that stuff, and Chambers of course does it so so well.
If you’re on the fence about the Wayfarers books, or about continuing past Small, Angry Planet even though the characters change, I say go for it. Becky hasn’t led us astray yet.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Pregnancy
powellki's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
acemummerz'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Deportation
The book explores alien cultures during a space disaster - everything discussed is about alien races / species rather than human, but it does explore some moderately difficult topics. Medical content spoiler:fretsandflour's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
revisable4510'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
ok WAY better than the last one and i think my second favorite of the series. thats my emotional support muppet llama alien
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
thoughtsontomes's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
This series was a 5 star series for me, with every single book being an exploration of hope, humanity, and building community. This final installment's exploration of family, found family, and valuing differences between people resonated so much with me. I deeply enjoy how this series explores a hopeful future. I particularly loved Speaker and Roveg as characters. I even enjoy the bittersweet endings that don't wrap up everything with a pretty bow and instead leave us to fill in some elements about the character's future. I will definitely miss this world and this series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: War
cerilouisereads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War