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A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

43 reviews

systemof5's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use and Infertility

ritabriar's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense

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

5.0

The plot switches back and forth between Pepper's past and present, when she is guided by and guides two different "artificial" people. These two timelines collide at the end. All of the characters have been through. A lot. This book handles their stories with respect and care. This is a beautiful exploration of the meanings of family and care. Their world is unjust, so they steal a little justice for themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Accidental explosion, explicit, resulting in child death Child murdered by robot caretaker Bad dogs attack a child, and the child kills them for food Explicit malnutrition

nikenacs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

But I don't want to leave them yet :( I want to stay with the whole gang in Port Coriol and just do scifi hopepunk slice of life forever :(

Exceptional. Just as good as the first one, maybe even more gripping because of its two clear POVs. Especially the Jane/Pepper storyline really got me. Focusing more on Port Coriol and the Factory instead of another ship crew also helped flesh out the worldbuilding in some fantastic ways. I have deep, deep feelings over Becky Chambers' ability to do worldbuilding in seemingly mundane details. I don't mind the (comparatively) slow pace at all because I'm enjoying the everyday life and struggles of these characters and this world so much.

I don't want it to be over, which speaks volumes to how much I enjoy this world and the people in it. Wayfarers is swiftly (and predictably) becoming my favorite book series I've read in years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

plantainicus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is everything the first one wasn’t, and the first was already great. We get a nice little 2 for 1 story deal here and we get to explore different topics than the first. 4.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Slavery, Grief, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miguelito_juanito's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death and Drug use

Minor: Cancer and Infertility

chefboyavi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

A beautiful follow up to the first book in the series and a lovely expansion of an already engaging world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

plantdonut's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Colonisation

rororow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

Wow, what a story! Far darker than the first book in the series, but with the same themes of found family, healing and growth that made it worthwhile reading for me. This book also focuses on the theme of feeling at home (whether in a space, with others or within your own body). Of course the world building is fantastic too, as I’ve come to expect from Chambers, and the political, social and economic systems are interwoven through the narrative to provide plenty of moments to reflect on our own world. Overall a really satisfying answer to many of the unresolved questions left by book 1. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

arinheck's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this one even more than the first. This is the first book that has brought me to tears since I was a teenager. The universe Becky Chambers has created and the characters that live in it, are so beautiful. I wish I could give this book more stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content