Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

12 reviews

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Becky Chambers is magical, it was heartbreakingly beautiful like all her damn books. We jump around with all of these characters in another piece of this universe she has created and come out of it learning more about herself. I will never get over how much I love her books and writing. 

Sci-Fi, Philosophical Discussions, Diversity 

“So many years of training and study, always striving, always chasing the idea at the end of the road. She’d reached that end by now. She had everything she had set out to do. So now… what? What came next? Do well, be consistent, keep things up for however long she had?”

“Humans aren’t really supposed to do anything in particular, and we get to choose the kind of lives we have. But that doesn’t mean any of it has a point.”

“If the only reason you want to do it is because you’re looking for a point, you’re going to end up miserable. You’ll float around forever trying to make peace with that.”

“Give me someone who wants it and had to work for it any day.”

“Figure out what you love, specifically. In detail. Figure out what you want to keep. Figure out what you want to change. Otherwise, it’s not love. It’s clinging to the familiar— to the comfortable.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Grief

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This one is less adventure and more reflective than the previous books in this series, covering heavy themes. Chambers guides us through these topics with masterful writing, while enveloping us in a world so well developed it feels like a home from home.

I think it was a work of genius weaving the reader’s role of bearing witness into Sawyer’s storyline in such a profound way…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy

tallulahlucy's review

emotional hopeful relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

I don’t understand this being marked medium paced - it’s slow. Don’t go in expecting anything else and you won’t be disappointed. Think of it as a documentary about the fictional Fleet rather than a single story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

Minor: Bullying and Confinement

annamorgan27's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

Plot: 3.75★
Prose: 3★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4★/4★
Characters: 3.25★
Worldbuilding: 4.5★
Ending: 3.25★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

eleanora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Alcohol, and Colonisation

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

novella42's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

In some ways, the darkest of the Wayfarer series, but also the most beautiful. The most human. The central themes of this book remind me of Alice Walker's short story, Everyday Use. What do we preserve? What do we carry with us, and why, and how? What matters most when we're grappling with our own mortality and purpose and connection to other people who live like we do, in frail, mortal bodies in fragile, finite spaces?

I agree with some reviews that this book is slower than the others, and that the teenage character can be hard to empathize with because he's struggling with boredom and purpose. But the payoff. For me, the payoff is everything. I cry throughout this book and feel so peaceful at the end. Like I'm a little bit closer to finding my own purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

There's a prominent scene in the book that needs a tag but isn't among those content warnings listed. Car accident is technically the closest, and I think it could be triggering for someone who had experienced that. But it's more specific, so I'm putting a slightly more detailed one behind a spoiler.

The opening chapters of the book deal with a large-scale disaster that kills tens of thousands of people. It's handled with the gravity and respect it deserves, at times zoomed away and at times very close and high definition. I think anyone who had lived through a natural or manmade disaster, especially in an urban area, would be deeply affected by these themes. It's very well written and the book follows the mental and emotional healing of several different characters, but it's worth a tag.

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Confinement and Alcohol