Reviews - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Becky Chambers

4.46 AVERAGE

greatvalueaidybryant's review

4.5

adventurous emotional tense 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

malex's review against another edition

5.0

The Galaxy and the Ground Within confirmed my deep love for this series and for Chambers work in general. It might be my favourite of the four, I think in part because it benefits from everything the other three have built. Even if the stories are independent and overlap only tangentially, the overall universe, the various societies and cultures that Chambers created are incredible in their complexity, intelligence and gentleness; and this last book encapsulate that wonderfully.

flying_chaucer's review

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

crafts_and_coccinellids's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

I really loved this book. Chambers continues to show the greatest compassion and empathy in her writing, as we get to see people from a variety of backgrounds come together in this book to learn more about each other. We get more information on the Akarak and the Quelin, which I really enjoyed as it helps make them feel more real than their brief, primarily antagonistic appearances in previous books.

v_meck0405's review

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

bubbleyaga's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional medium-paced

When an accident makes it unsafe for three travelers to leave a refuling depot what kind of relationships will they form?

This book felt most like the first Wayfarer to me. Interspecies relationships and slice of life sci-fi. I love that we got to see Pei again and get another piece of her story. I also really like that we got to learn more about the Akaraks as their story really interested me. There are a lot of deep, excellent conversations in this book.

xander_rijkee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This is an incredible book.

A handful of (non human) travelers find themselves stuck in a pleasant backwater guesthouse with no communication. Their life happens… it is the most human thing possible and it feels more real and genuine than 95% of more regular fiction.

There is not much of a plot… after 5 days or so communication is back up and everyone continues on their way… being better for the connections with the strangers they were forced to interact with.

Of all the books in the wayfarer series this may be the most wholesome (and that is saying a lot).

I am going to eat some cheese now…

Content Warnings

coldlikeadqblizzard's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful inspiring reflective

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

avahw's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful tense 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: Yes

daisyblu3's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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: No

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