nikenacs's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Read #1 (summer 2021): Nightly read aloud story time with friends over Discord. A friend read this to us and I occasionally fell asleep, so I missed some small parts, but I LOVED IT. Absolutely exactly my cup of tea, will definitely read more by Becky Chambers.
Read #2 (March 2023): Loved it even more when consciously reading by myself, if that was even possible. This book is everything. It legit changed how I look at humanity, science and space exploration. I will be recommending this to absolutely anybody with even a passing interest in scifi.
Read #2 (March 2023): Loved it even more when consciously reading by myself, if that was even possible. This book is everything. It legit changed how I look at humanity, science and space exploration. I will be recommending this to absolutely anybody with even a passing interest in scifi.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts
dreareads_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
Aaaaaah!! What a masterpiece of a book! This is Gays in space but with so much love, science, and adventure. Truly adored this book. Read it in a day. This is not a book about action but character development and existential questions. Just loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
gamja's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
kris386's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.0
I appear to be in the minority, but I absolutely hated this book. The whole thing was incredibly dull and the characters were equally awful. I went in expecting a story about astronauts stranded in space after something happens on Earth. I didn't expect to need a content warning for "animal" torture and death. It was disturbing and added nothing to the overall story, in my opinion. And, worse, the ending rendered the death completely unnecessary. The characters were already vaguely detestable prior to that horrific event and afterward I just wanted them all to waste away in space for the rest of their artificially prolonged lives anyway. So I don't know what everyone else saw in this book, but I clearly missed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Confinement
eloiseisreading's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Cursing
horizonous's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Confinement
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer and Sexual content
nocilantroextraolives's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Honestly, this book reminded me why humans are so amazing. It wasn't sugar coating anything, just examining the heights we can achieve when we work together, and the goodness we can be. Would recommend for dark times - but skip the part about the small animal dying.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
There is a brief scene of trying to kill an animal that won't die easily and it's pretty graphic, but less than a minute long. If you just skip, you won't be losing anything.
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