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Libration by Becky Chambers

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natashalg's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

I enjoyed the world building and deep thought into developing the universe and all it's inhabitants, and the ending of the book was cute and heartwarming. However, I am more of an adventure fan, so I found the plot somewhat boring. I do not think I will continue this series because it is too slow and not enough happens to keep me entertained. This would be a good read for someone who enjoys looking into the "human" experience and philosophy of existence and friendship 

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chefboyavi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

A beautiful follow up to the first book in the series and a lovely expansion of an already engaging world. 

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halebop's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.25


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k_ro's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring tense 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

4.75

L'excellente suite de la saga Les Voyageurs. J'ai adoré les nouveaux personnages, même si j'ai un tout petit peu regretté la multiplicité des PDV du 1er tome (deux ici seulement). Un bonheur ! 

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the_bookish_theythem's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0


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lindsayreads21's review against another edition

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emotional 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? No

5.0

Book 2 in the Wayfarers series doesn’t follow the same group of characters that we fell in love with in Book 1, with a few notable exceptions. This time, we get to follow Pepper (who we met in Port Coriol as a friend of Kizzy and Jenks) and Sidra (who we have met before, but it’d be a horrible spoiler if I gave you too much here). This book gives us Pepper’s backstory, which is absolutely heartbreaking, through flashback chapters. In the “present” chapters, Pepper is trying to help Sidra find her place in a strange new environment in which she’s incredibly uncomfortable. This is a beautiful story of growth and overcoming adversity, found family, and sentience. 

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hybridhavoc's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

The most interesting story being told is actually the flashbacks (so many books with flashbacks these days) to the childhood of one of the characters. The things going on in the present with the newly-homed AI Sidra are not especially interesting to me. 

Part 3 in the book finally saw some action take place, and it was action that was primarily set up by the flashbacks, with some emotional impact / payoff from the present-day stuff. Good ending that was ultimately let down by a disappointingly uneventful first two Parts.

I think this must be in part "cozy" sci-fi. If so, I might have just learned that this subgenre does not especially interest me.

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itshrewsbury's review against another edition

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3.0


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katbecker96's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective

4.0


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amyreh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.25


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