Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

76 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

fantastic. we love language. we love the gays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, and War

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! It's super fun, thoughtful, and enjoyable. I found it to be a really great mix of adventure/plot, philosophical questions, and queer found family. It's a page-turner with a lot of heart, and I definitely want to keep reading the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Vomit, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Colonisation, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Trafficking, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Incest, Infidelity, and Genocide

The racial slurs aren't real ones, but in-world ones (for different species, not human races) Also CWs for nonconsensual medical treatment, and

cloning

roodborstje'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: Colonisation, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

malloryfitz's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Genocide, and Slavery

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 5 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Drug use

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Sexual content, Vomit, and Slavery

starlessnights's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, Cursing, Genocide, and Death of parent

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, and Medical content

fraxisle's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Medical content, Gun violence, Colonisation, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Vomit

shanhaddock's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Genocide

mariekejee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

What a great book this was. It's exciting, heart-warming, confusing, sad, thrilling, wholesome and funny.. The book starts with an introduction to Rosemary, starting her first day on the job at the Wayfarer, and it's easy to assume the story is going to be about her character arc - but boy, would you be wrong. While we spend the first two chapters mostly in her shoes as a way to get introduced to the world, we quickly move on to the rest of the crew. Almost everyone on this ship can be classified as a main character, and everyone's story is fascinating.

It's never predictable, also owing to the fact that you never stop learning new details about the worlds. The characters are likeable, the story is super interesting and there are some high intensity moments in the book that keep you on your toes. And, as an extra "covid benefit", getting to explore fictional galaxies while you personally can't travel is just a very nice bonus.

If I have one gripe with the book, it's that I want to read even more about the events that happen. The scenes themselves are interesting and engaging, but I would've loved to see more of the aftermath. Often some seriously heavy shit happens and while I'm still reeling from the event, the book skips forward days or weeks (or "tendays" as they're called) and moves on, and I just want to know more.

I want to know what happened between Jenks and Lovelace when she got her body, I want to know more about Sissix' and Rosemary's friends with benefits situation, I want to know what happened between Corbin and the crew when he was released from prison, I want to know how Ohan handled being cured against his will.. there's so much stuff I just want to know about

. Look, the book's pretty lengthy as it is, so I get it - but still. 

Overall, I just really like the worlds Chambers has crafted, and I love the characters she wrote. And if my only gripe is that I need more of the book, I guess that's a pretty good problem to have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse