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26 reviews

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

It's nice to read to a story, especially a sci-fi epic, where the are no Grand Prophecies or Evil Empires or Chosen Ones Handpicked By Destiny To Save The Universe From The Machinations Of Evil. The Long Way chooses to instead focus on the "little people", more specifically a multi-species found family whose main concern isn't overthrowing space tyrants, but of completing their next wormhole tunneling job. This story may be boring to some, with pages and pages of quiet yet intimate and endearing character development and visits to fascinating alien worlds, but to me it was a breath of fresh air in a sci fi landscape that seems to care more about cgi explosions than of crafting a story that will stick with you. Also I'm a sucker for tall reptilian ladies.

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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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Did not finish book.

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

really cool premise! unfortunately the characters were insufferable and all of the waxing poetic just came off as trying to hard

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

another absolute slay from my girl becky

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

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inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sometimes you have to fuck off into the woods and meet a robot to deal with the horrors of being. Be prepared for the literary equivalent of a nice, warm hug :)

Things That Are by Amy Leach

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced