Reviews

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

alex_paget's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

prairieowl's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

4.0

eduardoandgo's review against another edition

Really liked this novel. My favorite aspect about this is the different messages Becky Chambers tries to get the reader to understand through each of the members of the crew. The prose was nice, the characters were all interesting and I liked how they interacted with each other. 

bookcreek's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

qinnydapooh's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

awoodenbird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

lauravdgaast's review against another edition

couldn't get into it, might give it another try at a different time

okevamae's review against another edition

5.0

I just loved this so much. I don't have a proper review for it but I loved it. The found-family character-centric space odyssey I didn't know I needed.

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet was absolutely delightful!

There’s a joke that in fantasy books the travel gets skipped, and in sci-fi the whole book is the travel, and that was definitely the case for this book! It’s a very long way to get to the small, angry planet, and the the hijinks that occur along the way are what made this book so enjoyable.

The Wayfarer crew was so lovely to read about! Their struggles and celebrations felt so real, and it was a pleasure to learn about the universe they live in through their experiences. I will definitely be continuing this series. 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Racial slurs and Death

pythonesque's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

1.5

Becky Chambers uses in her book every knowledge about TV Series structure, and doing that, she captured the current Zeitgeist, because "The Long Way..." feels more like a text-based version of a Netflix dramedy, than a novel.

In spite of over-the-top dramatic clichés had been thrown here and there, despite the life-threatening situations the characters find themselves into, no fundamental changes happen to them. 

Because of such assumptions, towards the end of the novel, there is a feeling that everything that was read was not taken seriously.