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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

floral_heckler's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I feel like a hater for not *loving* this. It seems like the majority of people do. There was just something about it that didn’t click with me. 

I loved the cast and the story idea, it was just the pacing and the style that I didn’t like. It seemed to jump around from event to event, with little space to breathe in between. I guess that’s normally good, but like I said, something didn’t click. 

Also, absolutely CRIMINAL that there is a lesbian interspecies relationship that we only get ONE closeup scene of?? What the FUCK. Also thought it was v sad and fucked up that Lovey died. U can’t kill a love interest :(

heycolby's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I wanted to like this book more than I did. It has so much potential, just for everything to continuously be solved with The Power of Friendship™️

binabik's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.5

librarista's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

cappallo's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

bootrat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I loved this book, every character was adorable and I loved the world. I'm excited to read the rest of the books in this world, but I'm not sure any of them could surpass this one.

soffiiee's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

_emma_rose_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

I considered giving this book a 4.75 because of some dull patches about halfway through, but I really couldn't justify that. The characters were so fun, the worldbuilding was so dynamic and creative, and the style of the prose really lent itself to both lightheartedness and emotional gravity. Just a super well-done scifi romp.

smolena's review against another edition

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3.0

A really relaxing, wholesome read, just a bunch of warm fuzzy friends chilling across the galaxy.

Be warned that there is not much action going on here, not a big plot, or any heavy scifi, its just something to give yourself a break with in my opinion.

SPOILER BELOW

The only thing I was really annoyed about, is the sex in this book.
If you want your characters to have sex, just make them have sex. There is literally NO reason to make it weird and forced and rapey. No reason at all, we could have just had wholesome gay sex, everybody would have liked that.

joanna27's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny slow-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

5.0