Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

166 reviews

booksandfin'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? Yes

4.75

The only thing keeping this from 5 stars are the explicit dog deaths. Totally necessary for the book but I struggle with any on screen animal deaths

I will officially read anything by Becky Chambers. Sidra grew so much and I really did love her at the end (which I didn’t expect to). But Pepper has my entire heart. Her chapters tore me open and mended me whole again.

I wanna play Big Bug Crew too.💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Cursing and Grief

pencilspeaker's review

reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Slavery

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

grudgecat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Becky Chambers continues to delight with the second book of the Wayfarer series. There are two main stories here, happening in past and present. Both stories are incredibly compelling and made me want to keep reading more. The self reflection and transformation of both the main characters (Sidra and Jane/Pepper) is beautiful to watch. Highest recommendations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

moonbasket'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A departure from the first book in form and style, but just a phenomenal. Chambers is amazing at analyzing the human condition through the lens of her characters and this novel is no different. A simple plot overall allows for a detailed exploration of what it means to be sentient and how learning autonomy changes a person for the better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Blood

ginnydtaylor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

amazelan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

une suite incroyable à A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
j'ai adoré les switchs entre le présent du pdv de Sidra et le passé de Pepper
l'écriture est toujours aussi chouette, avec des messages vraiment beaux
toute la réflexion autour de l'IA et de ce qui fait de qqn.e une personne était méga bien amenée et développée 
et les relations entre les personnages sont si douces aaaa
un livre doudou vraiment, malgré les giga sujets abordés 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

nebulous_tide's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Slavery

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