Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

37 reviews

rororow's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Infertility, Vomit, Xenophobia, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria

shorelinepages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

Wow, what a story! Far darker than the first book in the series, but with the same themes of found family, healing and growth that made it worthwhile reading for me. This book also focuses on the theme of feeling at home (whether in a space, with others or within your own body). Of course the world building is fantastic too, as I’ve come to expect from Chambers, and the political, social and economic systems are interwoven through the narrative to provide plenty of moments to reflect on our own world. Overall a really satisfying answer to many of the unresolved questions left by book 1. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Chronic illness, War, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Violence

arinheck's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

I loved this one even more than the first. This is the first book that has brought me to tears since I was a teenager. The universe Becky Chambers has created and the characters that live in it, are so beautiful. I wish I could give this book more stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

misty_kb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Xenophobia

another_avid_bookreader's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

I really enjoyed this kind-of-sequel. While there are some recurring characters, most are new or only met briefly. While I was a bit disheartened not to see some of the previous crew again, the new characters are interesting, develop well, and well-rounded.

The threads of plot join together well to the conclusion, and the themes were beautifully explored and well built upon from the first.

Oh, and love that the exploration of gender continue in this one.

All around, a very good follow up to the first book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Abandonment

weareinheritors's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

Really great story about found-family and figuring out exactly who you are when you were sort of born into an expected role. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

oceanescence's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this even more than A long way to a small angry planet. Explored a very interesting concept and I found the constant switching of focus of the chapters between the two characters very engaging.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence

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★

---

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

nodogsonthemoon'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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

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