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A review by poisonenvy
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
adventurous
emotional
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? No
4.5
Whelp, I loved this. I loved this a lot.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet follows a mix-species crew of Space Tunnellers (people who make it so that people can travel quickly from one end of the universe to the other), as they make their long way to a new contract, making a tunnel to a planet that has been largely isolationist until now.
The found family vibes are strong, and the crew is really fantastic. Getting to follow them through their troubles and their triumphs, and watching them learn how to navigate through the different definitions of family and figure out different cultures amongst each other.
I am not often a fan of episodic narratives and this narrative really is pretty episodic -- we get snapshots of their life aboard ship as they make their long journey -- but honestly it worked for this story really well, and I was extremely glad for each little snapshot that we got.
The audiobook took a little bit to get used to -- the narrator is a little stuff, adds inflection in places that felt awkward, and has some random pauses in the middle of sentences that I couldn't understand, but by the end of the book I was very used to her and it didn't bother me much at all.
I cannot wait to finish the rest of this series!
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet follows a mix-species crew of Space Tunnellers (people who make it so that people can travel quickly from one end of the universe to the other), as they make their long way to a new contract, making a tunnel to a planet that has been largely isolationist until now.
The found family vibes are strong, and the crew is really fantastic. Getting to follow them through their troubles and their triumphs, and watching them learn how to navigate through the different definitions of family and figure out different cultures amongst each other.
I am not often a fan of episodic narratives and this narrative really is pretty episodic -- we get snapshots of their life aboard ship as they make their long journey -- but honestly it worked for this story really well, and I was extremely glad for each little snapshot that we got.
The audiobook took a little bit to get used to -- the narrator is a little stuff, adds inflection in places that felt awkward, and has some random pauses in the middle of sentences that I couldn't understand, but by the end of the book I was very used to her and it didn't bother me much at all.
I cannot wait to finish the rest of this series!