Look, I don’t generally do book reviews on my blog. It just isn’t my thing. But if you’ve missed me at all in the blogosphere, know that it was in pursuit of relearning to love reading and battling my way through painful transitions of my own. This book gives me hope that life is worth living. Maybe you need a reason to keep on going too.
So, I offer to you Becky Chambers’ A Closed and Common Orbit and a link to my Goodreads review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4654661851
But, honestly, I suggest you just read the book instead. Any review is going to be a pale, anemic attempt to recapture the absolute brilliance of Becky Chambers’ writing. It’s actually a travesty that I tried.
WARNING–this is BOOK TWO of a series. You can read it without the preceding work–A LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET–but you will deprive yourself of joy and context if you do.
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I’ve not read much science fiction, but maybe it’s time I do. These look like a good place to start. I’ve put them in my library queue. Thanks for the recommendation.
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The nice thing is, these are quite out of the common way. Not a lot of space battles or vengeance themes. It’s about people. Granted, some of the people have tentacles or feathers, but they are as human as you or I!
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I got it through my library, so I hope you have a similar luck! Let me know what you think if you read it!
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Funny and wonderful how a book can do that.
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I think I’ll probably give this series a try. I read a review recently where the reviewer really f*cking loved it.
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Hah. The language!
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