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A review by dinipandareads
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
5.0
Um, hello, this was my first book by Becky Chambers and I absolutely loved it? Who knew that a monk and a robot could make me weepy? Who knew that their friendship could be a soothing balm for my tired soul? It only took one chapter for me to love Sibling Dex and my love for Mosscap was pretty much immediate from the instant it comes rushing out of the woods at the most awkward of moments. I just enjoyed everything about this and I can't wait for more from these two because I would read anything with them in it!
There's not much of a plot here and the story is very much character-driven. It was partially a "slice-of-life" story that had its share of entertaining, funny and relatable moments. You are kind of thrown into the deep end with the world-building but I honestly didn't have a hard time picturing Panga, all the different satellite towns, and the wild that lie just beyond the borders of civilization. It's an unrecognisable world as humans have seemingly learned from their mistakes and actually treat this homeworld with the care that we clearly lack now but it was such a hopeful and positive world full of kindness and so much growth. I buddy read this with Jess and when she said she could picture this playing like a Studio Ghibli movie in her head, I immediately said YES because that is exactly it and I think the whole vibe of this story is perfectly set up for a Ghibli adaptation.
I think what made me love this story even more was how much I connected to Dex's search for something more. Their feelings of frustration, loss, anger and their questions about life and their purpose reflect many of my own thoughts over the last few years. The situation they found themselves in hit me hard because it echoes almost exactly my own situation and there was something about reading it on the page that was both like a sucker punch and a salve. I loved the interactions and discussions that they had about everything and I had so much fun reading listening to them share their stories, experiences and perceptions of life. By the time I got to the last chapter, I was feeling particularly weepy because there's so much wonder, joy and hope in this story and it made my heart very happy. It's very much a cosy soothing read that I can see myself returning to time and again. Absolutely wonderful, would highly recommend! Monk & Robot forever
There's not much of a plot here and the story is very much character-driven. It was partially a "slice-of-life" story that had its share of entertaining, funny and relatable moments. You are kind of thrown into the deep end with the world-building but I honestly didn't have a hard time picturing Panga, all the different satellite towns, and the wild that lie just beyond the borders of civilization. It's an unrecognisable world as humans have seemingly learned from their mistakes and actually treat this homeworld with the care that we clearly lack now but it was such a hopeful and positive world full of kindness and so much growth. I buddy read this with Jess and when she said she could picture this playing like a Studio Ghibli movie in her head, I immediately said YES because that is exactly it and I think the whole vibe of this story is perfectly set up for a Ghibli adaptation.
I think what made me love this story even more was how much I connected to Dex's search for something more. Their feelings of frustration, loss, anger and their questions about life and their purpose reflect many of my own thoughts over the last few years. The situation they found themselves in hit me hard because it echoes almost exactly my own situation and there was something about reading it on the page that was both like a sucker punch and a salve. I loved the interactions and discussions that they had about everything and I had so much fun reading listening to them share their stories, experiences and perceptions of life. By the time I got to the last chapter, I was feeling particularly weepy because there's so much wonder, joy and hope in this story and it made my heart very happy. It's very much a cosy soothing read that I can see myself returning to time and again. Absolutely wonderful, would highly recommend! Monk & Robot forever