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The Vela: The Complete Season 1 by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang
5.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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.

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