The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

"Finished March 4th. Audiobook. I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to listen to the rest of the series. This is sci-fi at its best. "

"Fun space adventure to tag along in. The character development was great and you really get to know and feel for the crew here. This stayed fairly basic from a Sci-Fi perspective and easy to follow along. Very easy to picture what is going on. Great to learn this book was possible due to Kickstarter campaign. "

"Loved this book!"

"I don’t know how Becky Chambers does what she does, or authors for that matter, who create worlds I’d never think of. But that’s why they write and I read lol. As always, we’ve learned by now, I’m a sucker for a good found family trope, and this story is no exception. Rosemary, in her attempt to escape her family’s ruin, just like Carol Channing in ‘2 broke girls’, finds herself aboard the Wayfarer, with an interspecies crew she’d never come across in her old life. Forging forward with nothing but her willingness to earn forgiveness she never needed in the first place, she finds herself exactly where she was meant to be. We meet the crew, Sissix, Ashby, Kizzy, Jenks, Dr. Chef, Corbin, and Ohan; and man we learn so much! This is a multiple POV book but not at all confusing, each POV just adds to the continuation of the story without repeating what you’ve already learned. The world building felt heavy at first, and I’d probably have to do re-read with notes to understand all the different species but honestly I still enjoyed the book, so much so I ordered the remaining 3 mid book. I once again love how ingenious BC is with inclusivity, and representation in her stories. She creates scifi worlds and lives and characters that exist beyond the social boxes we conform to now and I find it always refreshing. This story I would describe as mid-stakes, is that a thing? It’s a nice mix of plot and character development I highly enjoyed. Many times I laughed uncontrollably, and I also felt the hurt and despair for some of the characters, even Corbin, IYKYK. Can’t wait to see what comes next for the crew, will Jenks recover? Whatever happened to Toum?? Happy reading! "

"All of Becky Chambers books *sigh* she is wonderful "

"No one told me the title was literal. I'll be honest I expected more from this book due to all the praise it received. I found it boring for a good 230 pages. There's a lot of world building, understandably, but it wasn't done in a way that drew me in. The characters didn't impress me either. They grew on me, but I wasn't really invested in any of them. When the story reached its climax I didn't feel any tension or worry because I just didn't care about them all that much. And since this wasn't plot heavy I needed the characters to carry the story and that didn't happen. I think the story was quite domestic and that's just not what I look for in a sci-fi setting."

"This was quite good, and unconventional. I liked the second one in the series even more. The next two were downhill for me though. "

"was really enjoying this book until the extremely shocking ableism towards the end, almost didn't finish it, won't be continuing the series "

"Beautiful and thought provoking as always"

"Loved it. It was a really refreshing scifi work "