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A review by librarymouse
The Vela: The Complete Season 1 by Becky Chambers, Yoon Ha Lee, Rivers Solomon, S.L. Huang
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was a fantastic read! The sound design kept me listening and engaged at a much slower pace than I normally prefer to listen to audiobooks at. One of my favorite about this book, which is so masterfully done by these authors, is that none of the characters are good. Some are selfish, others do what they must to survive, some have a self-sacrificing martyred savior complex about violences that were initiated and/or perpetrated before they were born, and others are so good and optimistic that it circles back around to folly as a failure to see the truth of the humanity they're trying to save.
If you love a good complex narrative, space opera, buddy comedy, found family story, or anything in between, this is for you. This is a fantastic combination of post and pre apocalyptic fiction, spanning an entire star system with all the class consciousness and political commentary that entails.
If you love a good complex narrative, space opera, buddy comedy, found family story, or anything in between, this is for you. This is a fantastic combination of post and pre apocalyptic fiction, spanning an entire star system with all the class consciousness and political commentary that entails.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, War, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Sexual content
Racial slurs tagged for fictional slurs against a fictional people, but very reminiscent of white nationalism