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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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
Interesting break from the previous two books in this series. Not an adventure. More philosophical thesis wrapped in multiple stories.
Loved it. Even shed a tear, which doesn't happen to me often with SF.
Loved it. Even shed a tear, which doesn't happen to me often with SF.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
overall a pretty good book! there were so many characters to keep track of but it helped that some were connected to others. i don’t think listening to it was the most effective way to read this book but it was definitely exactly what i was looking for when picking it up.
since reading the first two books of the series i had always wondered about the humans and the exodus fleet and now i feel like i have so much knowledge about them! this book answered so many of my questions.
i will also say im really glad the author chose to make this the third book of the series. i feel like the first two were so good and unique from one another (this one was too) that i wouldn’t have wanted this book to have been before the second one.
i also love that each of the books have been about different characters and we haven’t seen the characters from the other books. i think that can be done but i love the way becky introduces new characters and makes me love them just as much as i loved the first crew!
since reading the first two books of the series i had always wondered about the humans and the exodus fleet and now i feel like i have so much knowledge about them! this book answered so many of my questions.
i will also say im really glad the author chose to make this the third book of the series. i feel like the first two were so good and unique from one another (this one was too) that i wouldn’t have wanted this book to have been before the second one.
i also love that each of the books have been about different characters and we haven’t seen the characters from the other books. i think that can be done but i love the way becky introduces new characters and makes me love them just as much as i loved the first crew!
My favorite of these books is the second one, but Chambers really has something with this series. Each story is about some big concept woven through the stories of several characters that happen to be connected to characters from the other books. This one was about home, home culture, and diaspora.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Yes
Chambers never disappoints. Record is a loving reflection on what it means to find yourself in a diverse world. Her prose is elegant and the plotting just as tight as the earlier entries in the series. The characters are well developed and the novel's themes timeless. A beautiful entry in the canon of science-fiction writing.
emotional
reflective
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
Content warnings for space deaths, murder, poverty, xenophobia, PTSD, drug and alcohol use, sex work, surgery.
The different perspective characters in this story are less tied together than the previous books on the series. They only meet a few times. The book is more tied together by the themes of community, sustainability, and immigrant/emigrant life than by their interactions.
I can't really explain why I gave this book only four stars without spoilers, but at a high level I felt that the ending was a bit rushed. The concepts Becky Chambers was exploring were interesting, but some of the narrative choices prevented exploring those concepts fully and one of the characters didn't engage me as much.
The different perspective characters in this story are less tied together than the previous books on the series. They only meet a few times. The book is more tied together by the themes of community, sustainability, and immigrant/emigrant life than by their interactions.
I can't really explain why I gave this book only four stars without spoilers, but at a high level I felt that the ending was a bit rushed. The concepts Becky Chambers was exploring were interesting, but some of the narrative choices prevented exploring those concepts fully and one of the characters didn't engage me as much.