mainjain's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
ernie_bernie's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.75
racheleanne06's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
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
Although I didn’t quite love this book as much as I did ‘a close and common orbit’ (that one is hard to top for me though, I absolutely adored it), this book was still wonderful.
Wayfarers is a science fiction series, set in a time and place very far from our own. Yet the stories, the emotions and the people are so real and recognisable. And I just want to eat up every single detail of this universe that Becky has created, as I have mentioned before, she has the most incredible imagination.
I never thought I would enjoy a character-focused series so much as I do this one (I have always favoured plot-based books in the past) but Becky has really changed that for me.
I am sad I only have one more book left to read.
Wayfarers is a science fiction series, set in a time and place very far from our own. Yet the stories, the emotions and the people are so real and recognisable. And I just want to eat up every single detail of this universe that Becky has created, as I have mentioned before, she has the most incredible imagination.
I never thought I would enjoy a character-focused series so much as I do this one (I have always favoured plot-based books in the past) but Becky has really changed that for me.
I am sad I only have one more book left to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Drug use
Moderate: Bullying
cloudweaver'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
4.0
allisonstroy's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
4.0
bluli's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Chambers managed to enchant me once again. Her books aren‘t like those space adventures that constantly hold you on the edge of your seat.
Chambers explores individual people as well as societies in a calmer environment that feels like a cosy version of real life, even when bad things happen.
One of her characters in this book - who is also one of the only aliens in this installment- is an anthropologist and I think that is what Chambers is as well. An anthropologist of the cultures she created herself.
sjay4ester's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.0
deathcabforkatey's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Not my favorite of the series, but still absolutely and undoubtedly a 5 Star book. If she had opened the series with this book it would have been unappreciated but I think her fans understand. 3/3 books have now made me cry.
Chambers has written a book about the fleet - this part is the fiction. That earth has been destroyed and that humans have left it to find a new way. That humans have populated mars and other colonies and yet the fleet remains. The truth she speaks through these stories is the struggle we all have - who are we? How are we human? What does it mean to be human? What is the purpose of life?
The reason I love Chambers’ books is that they get to the deepest roots of sci-fi and force us to examine ourselves. We follow characters aboard the fleet who all have separate issues but are all seeking the same issue. Struggling with the identity of being Exodan in a world where their numbers are depleting. Searching for meaning in the midst of a closed system. What I love is that each finds their answer is a completely separate way, and Chambers is clear that this is okay. We all seek answers, we all seek guidance and purpose, and where that ends is not the same for each person.
I also love how she ties in the history of Earth and how humans got here. Yes, the fleet is this (almost) perfect socialist system but it’s origins are not in that. She intertwines this in with the Harmangian story, which so clearly almost mirrors the human story on earth. Those of the conquerors and masters of the environment. And yet, that is not the end all be all.
I’m so happy to say that this series has yet to disappoint. I’m so happy to say that my current favorite sci-if writer is a woman and that her stories are not only original, but rooted in the questions that make me love sci fi more than any other genre. Thank you, Becky.
Chambers has written a book about the fleet - this part is the fiction. That earth has been destroyed and that humans have left it to find a new way. That humans have populated mars and other colonies and yet the fleet remains. The truth she speaks through these stories is the struggle we all have - who are we? How are we human? What does it mean to be human? What is the purpose of life?
The reason I love Chambers’ books is that they get to the deepest roots of sci-fi and force us to examine ourselves. We follow characters aboard the fleet who all have separate issues but are all seeking the same issue. Struggling with the identity of being Exodan in a world where their numbers are depleting. Searching for meaning in the midst of a closed system. What I love is that each finds their answer is a completely separate way, and Chambers is clear that this is okay. We all seek answers, we all seek guidance and purpose, and where that ends is not the same for each person.
I also love how she ties in the history of Earth and how humans got here. Yes, the fleet is this (almost) perfect socialist system but it’s origins are not in that. She intertwines this in with the Harmangian story, which so clearly almost mirrors the human story on earth. Those of the conquerors and masters of the environment. And yet, that is not the end all be all.
I’m so happy to say that this series has yet to disappoint. I’m so happy to say that my current favorite sci-if writer is a woman and that her stories are not only original, but rooted in the questions that make me love sci fi more than any other genre. Thank you, Becky.
floresben73's review against another edition
3.0
Disappointingly lackluster. I really like the first and second books in this series because of the fabulous world-building and strong characters. Chambers introduces a bunch of main characters that just felt like jello. I kept waiting for their stories to intersect and pull the thread in to place but it never happened.