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

18 reviews

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

really great found family story with just enough tension to keep it interesting.

lots of interesting ethics and parallels to the real world in terms of religions, police brutality, xenophobia and more.

some of the ethical problems especially related to

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medical autonomy of a character

are not handled in the best way, but overall pretty good

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aceofknives's review against another edition

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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

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coookiecat's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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calamitymeat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

There was an inconsistency in the world building that just seemed like the author didn't fully think through or remember the entire time she was writing. I don't think it's even very noticeable, but I spent the entire read joking about it because I thought it was funny and that is the usage of gender neutral pronouns.

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In the beginning of the book, Sissix is telling Rosemary about the other members of the crew and brings up Ohan, referring to him (his pronouns change by the end of the book) with they/them pronouns. Rosemary makes a mental note of Sissix using what she considers "plural pronouns". Later, when she is unsure of what pronouns to use for him, she refers to him using xe. Don't get me wrong, I am ecstatic to see neopronouns used in a physical, published book, but I am ASTOUNDED that they/them has completely phased out as a neutral pronoun.

At least, that is what you are led to believe. Later on in the book, Rosemary refers to someone using they/them pronouns, despite using he/him to refer to the same person earlier in the book. I am 1000% positive because i went back and checked and JENKS uses they/them to refer to someone whose gender he doesn't know. Conclusion? Rosemary is transphobic and only uses someone's proper pronouns when it is convenient to her.

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lipstickitotheman's review

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adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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emzhay's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed reading this book! I was looking for some lighthearted sci-fi and it definitely delivered. It’s a slice of life type story so there’s no main plot at the forefront, which I personally really enjoyed, but may not be for everyone.

I did have some issues with how race was portrayed among humans. It seems like the author went with the route of humans all being ambiguously brown (though no one is mentioned as being darker than “tan”) thus ending racism among ourselves since we all look the same now. It came off as a pretty lazy writing ploy to me given how much the book pushed embracing differences among species.

And why are we so far into the future and to be fully accepting of neopronouns, but it’s still ”confusing” to use singular they?

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or in this case it actually is a plural they.

It’s great to see neopronouns used so casual, but as someone who uses they/them pronouns and was told this book had great trans rep, it was really off putting.

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I also really disliked how Ohan’s bodily autonomy was violated with seemingly no consequence. They were cured with zero input on their part and it just gets glossed over

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