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A review by violentdelights
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
3.0
As always, Becky Chambers nails it with world building and loveable characters. However, this book didn’t necessarily speak to me because the central struggle of the book was not one I related to or understood.
I know in theory that some people look around the world for purpose to drive them, but I’ve long ago made peace with the fact that my purpose on this Earth was to be safe and loved and enjoy myself. It feels hedonistic to admit, and maybe shallow as well, but I don’t in my adult life struggle with a purpose beyond simply being, so this didn’t feel like a necessary read to me.
Maybe this is a book I’ll have to come back to, but currently I’m in a place of such contentedness with my life that the philosophy didn’t do much for me, though I did fall in love with the concept of tea monks and robots named after various parts of wilderness.
I know in theory that some people look around the world for purpose to drive them, but I’ve long ago made peace with the fact that my purpose on this Earth was to be safe and loved and enjoy myself. It feels hedonistic to admit, and maybe shallow as well, but I don’t in my adult life struggle with a purpose beyond simply being, so this didn’t feel like a necessary read to me.
Maybe this is a book I’ll have to come back to, but currently I’m in a place of such contentedness with my life that the philosophy didn’t do much for me, though I did fall in love with the concept of tea monks and robots named after various parts of wilderness.