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

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emailkatieinstead's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.5

alicerain's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

laverrrne's review

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5.0

The kind of book about a chosen family that immediately welcomes the reader in and doesn't let you go.

What a sweet book. A criticism I've read is that the pacing is uneven, with the majority of the action crammed into the last few chapters, but the title of the book warns you that this would be the case. You're about to join the crew on the long way to their destination, so you have the privilege to embed with them and take your time learning to love them. Then you get to the small, angry planet, and you get the action expected from a sci-fi book. It's truly about the journey, not the destination, in character-driven novels.

The metaphors for queer and trans people, racism, etc etc were a bit heavy handed at times, but I loved them all enough that I didn't mind.

aninoag's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

raccoonrae's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

candydang's review

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5.0

love, love this. slice of life space opera that draws you in and makes you want to be friends with all of the character. will definitely be reading the next books in the series.