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Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
4.5
adventurous challenging emotional 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: Complicated

Yet another beautiful, charming, inviting, subversively challenging book from Becky Chambers’ world. This one is the most quotidian of all - how do humans interact with others, make a home and family and neighborhood; raise their kids and care for their dead; explore the universe and get in trouble and bake bread and have vocational angst and lose jobs to AI and get laid.

Like other Chambers stories, plot ls minimal and characters - in their everyday-ness - create a world that is imperfect and welcoming.