A review by mkwoods
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Man I love Becky Chambers’ work! Her ability to imagine and articulate the mind and experiences of a sentient AI are just incredible here. Some passages reminded me of the beautiful descriptions of code in Alif the Unseen.

I knew going in that this book wouldn’t focus on the main characters from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and I wasn’t sure how I would feel about that. It wasn’t an issue at all! I absolutely loved this one just as I loved the first. I took almost a year in between reading the two books which I think helped me not miss the other characters too much.
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