Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

5 reviews

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-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? No

4.0

This is a sweet, or perhaps bittersweet, exploration of ideas about the possible future of space exploration. I enjoyed the altruistic vision of a future human society that considers the ethics and impact of colonisation. The world building is fun too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

hexe_19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

cookiecat73's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective 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

4.75

Loved this!! I had a couple of nitpicks, but overall I thought it was great, the main thing I want to be different is that I would have liked it to have been longer, it didn't even need to have extra plot thrown in, I just liked reading about these characters and this world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War

iaraya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and War

The space exploration mission lasts for 80 years. The characters deal with the fact that when they return, most people they know will be dead.

Over the decades, they receive news from Earth, both innovation and wars/disaster. In one extended scene, a character grieves after learning her hometown has been destroyed. Later, they stop receiving transmissions and learn that Earth civilisation has been devastated by an apocalyptic event. Another spaceship crew makes contact, but is implied to have died upon reentry to Earth.

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

I loved so much about this book but I've never read an ambiguous ending I liked, so if you're like me you should know that going in. There were several scenes that made me tear up even in this short of a time. I want to hug all of these characters and I'm going to spend some time staring into space now (pun intended)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent and War