A review by wandertheworlds
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Perhaps my love for The Martian and other harder scifi biases me, but this book just seams to be lacking in the science and triumph and awe. Well. If anything its too much awe and a kinda bland repetitive awe with not enough… plot and struggle. This is meant to be an introspective story but, too much philosophizing and poetry really makes this feel like a slog to me. It feels like its trying to capture the feeling of The martian or other space exploration but it just fails at that, or im reading this book with too much of the wrong expectations. Characters feel flat and copies of each other with only minor differences and honestly wholey unfit for space travel.