Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

32 reviews

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

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Xenophobia and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content

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

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

kastix's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Death, Infertility, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.25

I loved the duo storyline of this one. Seeing why Pepper is who she is and also Sidra coming into her own were two very special stories. Freaking emotional throughout, though. 

Sci-Fi, Found Family

“All the things made better for some people. Nobody has ever figured out how to make things better for everybody.“

“I love it dearly. But it will never feel the same as it did when I was a kid. I’m different now. And different is good, but it cuts both ways.“

“Every organic sapient I’ve ever talked to, every book I’ve read, every piece of art I’ve studied. You are all desperate for purpose, even though you don’t have one.”

“I haven’t found a purpose like that yet–nothing so overarching and big. But I don’t think purposes have to be immutable.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Xenophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Infertility, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

anna_brawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail