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bisexualwentworth 's review for:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read most of this book in April and then didn’t finish it till July due to my Libby hold getting returned when I was at like 85%.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is fun and cozy and extremely episodic. There is a main plot, but it’s very secondary to all of the character-driven short adventures.
The crew of the Wayfarer was diverse and fascinating and (mostly) lovable. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I really enjoyed all of their individual little side quests.
This book has a sapphic relationship between a human and an alien, which is always fun.
I think Becky Chambers is amazing at sci-fi worldbuilding. She’s so clearly informed by real-world biology and anthropology, and she uses that knowledge to create fascinating and varied alien species.
I didn’t love it all, though. I thought the approach to gender was weirdly limited. All of these alien species with all of these different sorts of family structures, and ALL of them had some sort of binary male/female split, both biologically and socially? Absolutely not. I’m hoping that gets interrogated some in future books.
Also I totally thought Rosemary was trans until her actual reason for changing her name was revealed. I liked that plotline too, but she’s still trans in my head.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is fun and cozy and extremely episodic. There is a main plot, but it’s very secondary to all of the character-driven short adventures.
The crew of the Wayfarer was diverse and fascinating and (mostly) lovable. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I really enjoyed all of their individual little side quests.
This book has a sapphic relationship between a human and an alien, which is always fun.
I think Becky Chambers is amazing at sci-fi worldbuilding. She’s so clearly informed by real-world biology and anthropology, and she uses that knowledge to create fascinating and varied alien species.
I didn’t love it all, though. I thought the approach to gender was weirdly limited. All of these alien species with all of these different sorts of family structures, and ALL of them had some sort of binary male/female split, both biologically and socially? Absolutely not. I’m hoping that gets interrogated some in future books.
Also I totally thought Rosemary was trans until her actual reason for changing her name was revealed. I liked that plotline too, but she’s still trans in my head.