Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers

14 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.75

I really did like this one, I liked the world and the characters but the plot was just a little slow and it took ages for anything to really happen, I think are more balanced plot would have made it 4 stars 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, and War

relin's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Was an absolute joy to read, thinking about how different peoples would interact and finding family rather than the one folks are born into. Going to reread this story again as it handled hard things in soft kind ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail and Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Blood and War

Racial slurs and racism are space racism and not real life racism/racist terms.

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

I am a sucker for found families, especially found families in space. It's a wonder I didn't have this on my radar sooner! I had such a good time reading about this crew of lovable scamps. 

Much more character based than plot based, although exciting things do happen. The focus is on the characters though, and all of their vastly different species, cultures, and experiences. This author's brilliant imagination really made the world come alive. I'd love to read more in this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Racial slurs and War

Minor: Sexual content

thereadinghammock_mserinv's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

This book made my little mammal brain think real hard about social dynamics in a way I wasn't expecting. Seeing how such a variety of species and cultures interact, mingle, and function on such a large scale was wonderful and really helped put into perspective how even if you think you're open-minded and unbiased, you are still only a product of your own cultural upbringing and experiences. We all have blind spots and that's ok. What matters is how we deal with those blind spots when we're confronted with them, for better or worse.

The crew of the Wayfarer was an absolute delight to travel with. I absolutely loved Kizzy and Sissix, Dr. Chef was a genuine delight. And everyone they met along the way just added more color to their adventure. 

There were times that I felt the story took a back seat to the interpersonal ship dynamics--like it felt like there should have been more dealings or context with the Toremi Ka, or follow up from that. The story getting to that point was so rich and then the ending almost felt rushed after? I know there are subsequent sequels/follow up books as well, but I kind of wanted more before this one wrapped up. I think I'll enjoy checking back in on the crew of the Wayfarer again, but I'm not running to my library to request the next one, you know?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Racism, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

claudiamacpherson's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Injury/injury detail, War, Violence, Confinement, and Genocide

Minor: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Slavery

littlebutton's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is really fucking good. It’s a lovely romp through various cultures and characters as the crew of the Wayfarer takes a long trip to a new job. It’s very queer, in more ways than just the sapphic relationship. Like, it’s very queer, not very LGBTQ, if that makes sense. 

Major ending spoilers:

Spoiler

The ending gets me every time. I always cry. I was really not expecting character death, and usually I hate that kind of thing, but it’s done SO WELL. It’s not done for shock value at all—it’s an important event to pull together the found family themes, and the discussion of what makes a person a person.

I even like Corbin. (Well. I appreciate reading about him. “Like” might be a bit strong.) If you love queer found family stories, you’ll love this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racial slurs

rgreyreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

This is a light-hearted space opera, light on politics for book 1, and heavy on character focus and some hard hitting topics. 

Pros: I loved the crew from the jump, the writing was fluid and fun, the author has a good sense of humor, the world building and  learning about the different types of alien species are by far the coolest aspect of the book and quite original in terms of cultures and species.

Cons: not a whole lot happens in the book for the first 170 pages; its very light on action and supense, the situations that do occur that have higher stakes get resolved lightning fast, the ending  was abrupt and is clearly leading into the sequel, and lastly a personal issue was the over generalization of certain types of people.

Overall I did enjoy this. It felt wholesome and light-hearted but still talked about some deep and psychological things, including grief/suffering and how people can marginalize theirselves in their suffering, how we compare to others and how unhealthy that  is, the nonsensical and horrible realities of war, how political games put more stock in the prospect of gaining resources than in people's lives, racism/xenophobia, etc. 

There are some great and profound discussion topics here and I can't wait to pick up the rest of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

I loved this book! It's super fun, thoughtful, and enjoyable. I found it to be a really great mix of adventure/plot, philosophical questions, and queer found family. It's a page-turner with a lot of heart, and I definitely want to keep reading the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, War, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Vomit, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Colonisation, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Trafficking, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Incest, Infidelity, and Genocide

The racial slurs aren't real ones, but in-world ones (for different species, not human races) Also CWs for nonconsensual medical treatment, and

Spoiler

cloning

roodborstje's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Moderate: Colonisation, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 5 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Drug use

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Sexual content, Vomit, and Slavery