jchaisson 's review for:

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
5.0

2021 REREAD: This one hit a little closer to home this time out. Growing up and living in a small and unchanging town that may have been a decade or two past its prime while I was there, there was an odd balance between desperation (wanting to escape however I could) and static comfort (making do until further notice) that always nagged at me. Wayfarers 3 is definitely THIS kind of story, so I felt even closer to the characters for this second read. Each character had their own way of dealing with figuring out their place in this history, and each had to find their own way to act on it. Still my favorite of the first three!

Now to read the new (and last) Wayfarers book! :)

**

Becky Chambers has written yet another absolutely lovely novel in her Wayfarers universe; i love that her stories are small and contained within the cradle of a much larger universe. This time she focuses on community -- specifically the Fleet -- and how each person's life is woven into everyone else's, in one way or another.