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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

76 reviews

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Colonisation, Ableism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, and Violence

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

I really enjoyed reading this book! I was looking for some lighthearted sci-fi and it definitely delivered. It’s a slice of life type story so there’s no main plot at the forefront, which I personally really enjoyed, but may not be for everyone. 

I did have some issues with how race was portrayed among humans. It seems like the author went with the route of humans all being ambiguously brown (though no one is mentioned as being darker than “tan”) thus ending racism among ourselves since we all look  the same now. It came off as a pretty lazy writing ploy to me given how much the book pushed embracing differences among species.   

And why are we so far into the future and to be fully accepting of neopronouns, but it’s still ”confusing” to use singular they?

or in this case it actually is a plural they. 

It’s great to see neopronouns used so casual, but as  someone who uses they/them pronouns and was told this book had great trans rep, it was really off putting. 

I also really disliked how Ohan’s bodily autonomy was violated with seemingly no consequence. They were cured with zero input on their part and it just gets glossed over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and War

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED this book! Not just as a wonderful sci-fi read but also for the exploration of gender, character, social structures and emotions.

This book will have you laughing out loud, audibly gasping and generally emoting to the maximum. 

All of the characters are interesting, with a variety of backgrounds. Even though the races for some of them may be fictional, they seem incredibly realistic thanks to the writing style.

Overall a fun and emotional that I would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, and War

opossumom's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Torture, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Confinement, and Genocide

Minor: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Slavery

hallowlm's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and War

smrj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Genocide, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Torture, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lotten4's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

The main focus is on uncovering the complex but delightful world Chambers has created. This is done through several detours from the main plot and from the different perspectives of the crew members, both human and aliens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death, War, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Racism, and Gun violence

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

This is a light-hearted space opera, light on politics for book 1, and heavy on character focus and some hard hitting topics. 

Pros: I loved the crew from the jump, the writing was fluid and fun, the author has a good sense of humor, the world building and  learning about the different types of alien species are by far the coolest aspect of the book and quite original in terms of cultures and species.

Cons: not a whole lot happens in the book for the first 170 pages; its very light on action and supense, the situations that do occur that have higher stakes get resolved lightning fast, the ending  was abrupt and is clearly leading into the sequel, and lastly a personal issue was the over generalization of certain types of people.

Overall I did enjoy this. It felt wholesome and light-hearted but still talked about some deep and psychological things, including grief/suffering and how people can marginalize theirselves in their suffering, how we compare to others and how unhealthy that  is, the nonsensical and horrible realities of war, how political games put more stock in the prospect of gaining resources than in people's lives, racism/xenophobia, etc. 

There are some great and profound discussion topics here and I can't wait to pick up the rest of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

while the story started off slowly,, the world (GALAXY) building in this book was worth it. I also appreciate the diversity of the cast; if you are looking for queer characters, inter-species relationships, implied neurodivergence, and characters of color (though their race is undefined,) this is a great read! I look forward to continuing the series, as the ending of the book was where the true action picked up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Ableism, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Confinement and Forced institutionalization