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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
106 reviews
lmfry's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, and War
Moderate: Colonisation and Grief
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Medical content
refrejarator's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
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
No joke, this is now my favourite book. I've never had one before, so this means a lot to me.
The Long Way was refreshing, healing, humorous, and reflective in ways that made my heart hurt and my chest light. This is exactly what I needed in my life.
The Long Way was refreshing, healing, humorous, and reflective in ways that made my heart hurt and my chest light. This is exactly what I needed in my life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Hate crime, Medical content, Racial slurs, War, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Racism and xenophobia is applied to extra terrestrial creatures, does not relate to POCs. There are neo pronouns and they/them pronouns as plural (significant to plot and not derogatory).corrin_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The writing was good, I enjoyed the world building! However, there were times that the non-human characters felt like secondary bits used as tools to move the character development of human characters forward, and some of the characters definitely felt common/classic to the sci-fi genre (🔥✈️)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Terminal illness, Racism, Gun violence, and Death
ella7211's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Terminal illness
foxwish's review against another edition
How very underwhelming. I expected deep character analysis and I guess I don't understand what "cozy" is, because I don't consider the tackling of terminal illness, being held up at gunpoint and being beaten by your captors to be particularly comforting. I should've checked the content warnings for this book more closely.
The characters mostly had only one or two character traits, and anytime a minor communication issue occurred it was solved mostly off screen. The main thing I liked about this book was the budding romance between the alien and human, and basically anytime there was a focus on Sissix.
I just got too bored to finish it, really disappointed. I guess Wayfarers isn't for me.
The characters mostly had only one or two character traits, and anytime a minor communication issue occurred it was solved mostly off screen. The main thing I liked about this book was the budding romance between the alien and human, and basically anytime there was a focus on Sissix.
I just got too bored to finish it, really disappointed. I guess Wayfarers isn't for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia
Minor: Drug use and Alcohol
linblythe_pub22's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Grief
Minor: Child death, Medical content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide attempt, War, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Blood
rey_starcatcher's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
5.0
This book has become quite a comfort to me. There’s one small part that pings a personal anxiety, but I just skip over it when I re-read. It’s so worth it to experience this phenomenal story!! The cast of characters is fascinating and delightful. Everyone is so unique, but everyone is also fleshed out enough that you really do have a strong sense of them all. I grew attached to them all almost immediately. I am not one to normally re-read books, but I think I read this 3 times last year. It’s a delight, and I hope you think so too!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia
Minor: Torture, Blood, and Death
chelseazhao's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
If you’re looking for a slow build, character focused story then this is for you.
I absolutely loved taking my time with this and just experiencing the world (universe?) that Becky Chambers created.
This book does focus less on a fast paced plot and more on characters and their relationships with others.
This was the perfect read for people that love Firefly and Mass Effect. And it is something that I could totally see as a tv show.
I absolutely loved taking my time with this and just experiencing the world (universe?) that Becky Chambers created.
This book does focus less on a fast paced plot and more on characters and their relationships with others.
This was the perfect read for people that love Firefly and Mass Effect. And it is something that I could totally see as a tv show.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Terminal illness
miles's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Absolutely loved it. There are so many things to mention and I’m already scrambling to try and remember them all for this review, but my god am I in love with the world-building in this book (and the series as a whole).
First of all, all the crew members are absolutely lovely and the ones you don’t like at first, you still warm up to (at least I did, and there was only the one for me). Either way, they are all very compelling characters and I wish we could stay with them for longer, but the book does a very good job in giving us insight into all of their personal and cultural backstories and it’s brilliantly done.
On that note, love love love all the different species and cultures Chambers has cooked up. Some very interesting stuff and lots to make you ponder about our society and how it might be changed for the better. Though I feel like for some of the things I’d love to implement, we’d have to start from scratch (which is a-ok by me tbh). I absolutely love Aandrisk family structure and relations and would honestly love to have our society work like that.
But yeah, so much good shit, 10/10 will absolutely revisit at some point in the future. Effortlessly queer. Found family. So bloody lovely.
First of all, all the crew members are absolutely lovely and the ones you don’t like at first, you still warm up to (at least I did, and there was only the one for me). Either way, they are all very compelling characters and I wish we could stay with them for longer, but the book does a very good job in giving us insight into all of their personal and cultural backstories and it’s brilliantly done.
On that note, love love love all the different species and cultures Chambers has cooked up. Some very interesting stuff and lots to make you ponder about our society and how it might be changed for the better. Though I feel like for some of the things I’d love to implement, we’d have to start from scratch (which is a-ok by me tbh). I absolutely love Aandrisk family structure and relations and would honestly love to have our society work like that.
But yeah, so much good shit, 10/10 will absolutely revisit at some point in the future. Effortlessly queer. Found family. So bloody lovely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Death
Moderate: Grief and Xenophobia
Minor: War
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-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've been looking forward to reading this one for a long time, and it was well worth the wait. I absolutely loved this! The characters are so fun, and the world building delves deeply into each race's culture and mannerisms in such interesting ways. It's lower action than most scifi, so it won't be everyone's favorite. It reminded me a lot of Firefly and Titan AE.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
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