Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

23 reviews

avacadosocks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Genocide, and War

fionamclary's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

A compact conclusion to an expansive series, taking place in a limited area of one small planet over the course of five days and involving only five characters for the vast majority of the book, yet retaining the sense of vastness and diversity of the galaxy built up in previous books and exemplified by the unlikely group we encounter in book 4. I especially enjoyed having an Akarak POV character. This disabled anarchocommunist bird woman has my whole heart. Becky Chambers has created a unique species with a tragic history of colonization and cultural genocide, now living on the fringes in a fascinating social structure. The contrast with having an Aeluon POV character (recurring from book 1!) allowed for especially nuanced cultural and political commentary. And of course, Roveg the Quelin is an icon, the party-hosting, food-offering, considerate exile artist we all wish we had in our lives. I'd like to be his friend please and thank you. As always, Becky Chambers develops complex analyses and critiques of the world she has created that are unique to this scifi universe as well as mapping onto our own world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, War, Violence, and Vomit

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I really respect how she writes children; it's beautiful when you can tell that someone likes and respects children in real life by how they write child characters. There is so much love in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Minor: Violence, Genocide, Deportation, Slavery, and War

hannahpings's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide and Ableism

Minor: War

A child asphyxiates and goes into a coma, but is later able to be resuscitated. Their unconscious body is described in detail, both when found and as they are being resuscitated.

librarianmage's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, and Genocide

scruffie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: War, Vomit, Sexual content, and Ableism

librarymouse's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

I love this universe so much, and I'm heart broken for this to be my last contact with the characters. This series prompts the reader to find the beauty in the commonplace and gives hope for a brighter and kinder future. This series makes me want to roast chickpeas, laugh at the absurdity of how human society functions, and to give as much of myself as I can to making the world into a place I want to be in. Becky Chambers constantly surprises me. My perspective is clouded by my experience as an American, and every time medical care, food, water, and shelter are freely given; every time a child wit a non-binary gender is correctly named and gendered; every time people react with kindness and under the assumption that no harm was meant by a mistake or misspokenn word, I am amazed and jealous. The widely varried lifespans of the different species and their perspectives and frustrations with the GC and related wars add to the richness of this world that I've come to deeply love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, and War

kers_tin's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Genocide, Confinement, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol and War

Minor: Gun violence and Abortion

beccaand'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

this series has its claws in my brain and i swear to god it's never letting go

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Genocide

Minor: Vomit, Ableism, Violence, and Sexual content

powellki's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Classism, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, War, and Xenophobia