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The Vela by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang
2.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book was boring. None of the characters are likeable. But the writing wasn't bad. It just felt so ... Formulaic and like it's a screenplay versus a detailed narrative which is strange considering it was some sort of podcast serial. 

I finished the book just to see if anything cool or interesting or emotionally gripping happened, and it did not. I don't know if it was the narrator or the fact that 4 authors attempted to write a story together so lost their own individual voices that would grip a reader.