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solenekeleroux's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Drug use and Xenophobia
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation
crom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Death
annamorgan27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol
generalmalfoy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The book has 5 points of view, one of the characters was briefly mentioned in the first book of the series, all other characters are completely new. The story is set on an Exodan spaceship, which was also briefly mentioned before.
I did not care about most of the characters points of view, so reading was not as enjoyable, as for some of the characters, reading their points of view felt more like a chore (especially Kip and Sawyer's POVs got on my nerves a lot, as they felt a lot like stupid teenage boys). I only cared about 1 of the characters plotlines (Eyas) from the beginning, and only started caring about some more after
All in all, I only loved the last 100 pages or so, and the rest felt more like "okay", as I did not care about many characters for the most part, which is rather unfortunate for a character-driven story.
I still really enjoyed the story at the end, so my final rating is 3.5 stars. If the story was as enjoyable in the first 3/4 as in the last 1/4, I would have given it 4.5 stars.
Moderate: Death
bisexualwentworth's review against another edition
- 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
Record of a Spaceborn Few is a cozy sci-fi novel about several humans in the Exodan fleet--descendants of those who left Earth centuries earlier in search of life elsewhere in the galaxy. They found it, and many humans now live planetside or work as spacers, but many others still live in the fleet itself, a socialist society without money where everyone is guaranteed food and housing and where the dead are recycled--and treated with honor.
All of our main characters have unique relationships to the Exodan fleet, its customs, and its history, and they give us a window into the questions that the fleet--and humanity at large--is grappling with. Why stay in a ship that has reached its destination? What happens to a post-money society in a galactic context that still uses currency? How do you avoid feeling worthless when your entire species seems so much smaller and more helpless than so many others, and when you are dependent on others for so much of your everyday existence? Is humanity inherently tied to Earth? What are we without it?
Becky Chambers doesn't attempt to answer any of these questions. She just explores them and has characters muse on them and produces a lovely, character-driven story in the process.
There IS death in this one. Quite a bit of it. So be warned.
My only gripe is the continued existence of law enforcement, honestly, but the Exodan model was never going to be perfect, so it's okay.
Graphic: Death
Minor: Bullying
jessikalange's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death
queersicles's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death
Minor: Death, Drug use, and Alcohol
bohemianhermit04's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death
strange_little_ranger's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation