The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

4.46 AVERAGE

ihas's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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

charlottepatterson's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gloevedun14's review

3.5
adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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kristie_deaver's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous 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: Complicated
I always enjoy jumping back into Becky Chamber's universe. It sometimes takes me a minute to get into a story, but I always enjoy them!
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sarayreads's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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nainz's review

5.0
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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
This book closely resembled the first in the series in terms of found family, character driven narratives and learning more about the cultures of different sapient species. I absolutely loved everything about this book and I'm sooo happy Chambers decided to conclude (?) this series with the type of story that made me fall in love with her writing in the first place

maggieck73's review

5.0
I never give books 5 stars, and I rarely write reviews. This book was just fantastic. A wonderful story of "people" thrown together by chance who show you how to make the best of a crisis.

5 aliens who demonstrate only the best qualities of humanity.

The author's turn of phrase is just delightful and the description of 'cheese' is worth the read alone. I've read the first 2 books in the series and this was by far the best.

dizzy_and_sugared's review against another edition

4.0
This is the kind of wholesome thoughtful sci-fi I wish I could read more of.
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badb_catha's review against another edition

4.0
A delightful little book about the ties that bind sentients of whatever background. I really love this series.
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alexmariesc's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful 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: Yes