Reviews tagging 'War'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

12 reviews

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: Gun violence, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Grief

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

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

Minor: War and Ableism

Suicide attempt warming is just in case.

switchywitchsitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Freaking excellent. Visionary and creative. The ending (no spoilers) is one that has really stuck with me. I need other people to read it and talk to me about it, because I'm still not done processing six months later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Confinement

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Becky Chamber's writing is always such a treat. And 100% would've wanted to grow up to be Ariadne when I was a kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Grief

Minor: War, Medical content, Sexual content, and Death

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicide attempt and War

iaraya's review

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

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.

Spoiler

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.

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Ohh I love this, just like everything else Becky Chambers writes. This is different from the other books I've read by her, but still absolutely engaging and interesting and compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death

Minor: War

readingsofaslinky's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Dysphoria, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, War, and Suicide attempt

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

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

Wow, my heart. I felt so immersed. As I was reading I just had the feeling of “this is what reading is meant to feel like.” This book transported me to another world. Exactly what I wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War