Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

30 reviews

k_ro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

L'excellente suite de la saga Les Voyageurs. J'ai adoré les nouveaux personnages, même si j'ai un tout petit peu regretté la multiplicité des PDV du 1er tome (deux ici seulement). Un bonheur ! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Abandonment

sgradycohen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

I want this series to live in my memory banks forever. Becky writes such kind stories. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Slavery, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

anni_swanilda's review

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

zgreyz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

loved this more than the first in the series i think.  really love these characters.  solid wholesome ending.  If you've ever felt very left out of society or dealt with isolation this'll hit you in the feels hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

cornfusedsnow's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Abandonment, and War

myceliamorel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death

ngrace's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, Death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

the_reading_wren's review

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

another_avid_bookreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this kind-of-sequel. While there are some recurring characters, most are new or only met briefly. While I was a bit disheartened not to see some of the previous crew again, the new characters are interesting, develop well, and well-rounded.

The threads of plot join together well to the conclusion, and the themes were beautifully explored and well built upon from the first.

Oh, and love that the exploration of gender continue in this one.

All around, a very good follow up to the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment