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A review by pinkdino88
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
4.0
Becky Chambers novels are a master class in balance:
♡ A very character focused sci-fi with great workbuilding. She balances both elements in ways that build on each other. I know the world because of the way the characters exist and feel about it. I appreciate that in comparison to a lot of sci-fi traditionally which centers warfare and politics she approaches in from a very smaller and more day to day perspective. But the world she creates is so very rich and so easy to get lost within.
♡Balancing following multiple peoples POVs for different chapters and yet I feel like I really know the characters really well. Sometimes I read books with multiple POV and feel like I don't know the characters enough or really prefer one - this has never a problem for me with her books.
- Being to me cozy sci-fi/slice of life feeling whilst not shying away from heavier topics. Her books feel simultaneously like a hug and tackle in a sensitive and beautiful way existential topics.
Also I loved the lesbian representation in this book so much. Its so simple but so heart warming.
♡ A very character focused sci-fi with great workbuilding. She balances both elements in ways that build on each other. I know the world because of the way the characters exist and feel about it. I appreciate that in comparison to a lot of sci-fi traditionally which centers warfare and politics she approaches in from a very smaller and more day to day perspective. But the world she creates is so very rich and so easy to get lost within.
♡Balancing following multiple peoples POVs for different chapters and yet I feel like I really know the characters really well. Sometimes I read books with multiple POV and feel like I don't know the characters enough or really prefer one - this has never a problem for me with her books.
- Being to me cozy sci-fi/slice of life feeling whilst not shying away from heavier topics. Her books feel simultaneously like a hug and tackle in a sensitive and beautiful way existential topics.
Also I loved the lesbian representation in this book so much. Its so simple but so heart warming.