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To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers

4.27 AVERAGE

g4yhummingbirb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shawnacampbell's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous reflective medium-paced

jh14's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

alyfreer's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

I really enjoyed the science and world building in this novella. Books about space always cause me to reflect more on life and what it would be like in this story.

nerinda's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This novella made me feel like I was reading a letter from a friend, except even more exciting because it was from another planet. The focus on biology and the wonder of it also really appealed to me.

While reading I was a bit skeptical how it was all going to tie together into a satisfying story, but the ending and how it spoke directly to the reader was perfect. Just a lovely, surprisingly emotional little book.

semitropicalmammoth's review against another edition

5.0

Chambers is one of those authors who can bring rich emotional tapestries to science fiction worlds. She's also a queen of representation of lgbt characters. This book is no exception to those descriptions. My only problem with this book is that I needed more.

Spoiler

That ending was an absolute cliffhanger. I want to know what happened! I know what she was going for, but don't leave me like this, story writers! Also, this story made me feel weirdly validated by the mention of an ambi person who was forced to be right-handed, the astronauts being basically a polycule, and the absolute love of science displayed by these characters. This whole thing was a joy to read. Well, maybe not Opera. That was hard.