Reviews

The Vela by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang

alexgo's review against another edition

adventurous

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ddmgembala's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

alistu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

3.0

harperdrive's review

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

marsspider42's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Overall a decent read, but choppy and poorly edited in places. Almost gave up 75% of the way through because of poor pacing and some important events happening within one sentence of text. The ending is good, however leaves gaping openings for the second book which is not yet out.

Would not recommend to Becky Chambers fans.

metanav's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

andrea_625's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

cloudbulb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

bouncy_knight_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

Agh so crazy and such a creative way to write a book. It seems like each author got a few chapters to write and the story still ran smoothly.

parue's review against another edition

4.0

The parallels to capitalism, climate change, genocide, and refugees are huge. This book doesn't shy away from posing ethical and moral dilemmas, either.

I liked most of the characters, and for most of the book I felt very invested. The main reason this book wasn't five stars from me is that I felt a little exhausted by the last 20% or so. But this shouldn't be a problem for people who love a lot of action.