Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

15 reviews

lisa313's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Colonisation

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

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

athryn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

A definite step up from the first book in this series. I really enjoyed the intertwining stories of

Sidra and Pepper

are very well done, exploring the world set up in the first book in different ways. The end was pretty touching to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Minor: Infertility and Dysphoria

novella42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I have yet to find a sci-fi author who handles themes of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and mental health with the same deeply grounded compassion of Becky Chambers. This book is one of the harder reads in this series, but I love it to pieces, I love the characters, I love where it takes you, love the way it makes me feel by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer

Spoiler-level clarification on the eating disorder tag.

The character doesn't have an eating disorder but there's no tag for starvation or extreme malnutrition, and I think that could have a big impact for someone with an eating disorder.

Also, if you have trauma around dogs, this might be a hard read.

below_average_baker's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Harrowing in places but every bit as good as the first book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ireadqueerbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-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: Cancer, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

frozencusser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

chia_ie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

i love the wayfarers series. i don’t think any other books have ever made me feel so happy. all the characters are so amazing in their own unique way, the world is so well developed - it’s just so, so good. i’m not a huge sci-fi reader but i loved this book so much. the dual timeline worked SO WELL, it came together perfectly. heartwarming, adventurous, emotional. the diversity is fantastic as per usual. thank u miss chambers 🖤

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Forced institutionalization