A review by cclift1114
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

It took me a bit to warm up to this book, but by the end it was amazing how well Chambers made me care deeply for all the characters, especially the AI ones. I will see it was a bit harder to get into the Sidra chapters for a while because there just wasn’t as much plot happening there. The Jane chapters, though, were really well done. Chambers captured how it might be to so differently socialized as a child, how such a child would think and then how that child growing up would go through a rebellious teenage phase. Once again, the character development and world building were fantastic.