A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

[ghoti]

I've been asked a few times for a review of this so i thought I'd better read it :)

On the whole I like it. It's a family of choice space fiction with a cast of believable characters. It did seem a bit tick boxy at the start, there's a manic pixie dream girl mechanic (I wonder why fivemack was reminded of Firefly), a nurturer, a wild eyed newbie, an

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[simont]

A well timed review - I just this morning had email saying my preordered ebook of the sequel is available for download :-)

[ghoti]

:) are you going to? I think I'll wait for the library to get a copy and then decide.

[simont]

Oh, definitely - this wasn't an email saying 'this book you expressed vague interest in is now available to buy if you still want to', it was one saying 'this book you pre-ordered has now been charged to your credit card per your prior authorisation'.

I had a much less mixed reaction to the first book than you did; I found it almost entirely lovely. Perhaps just a little light on plot because it devoted so much space to heartwarming found-family-forming and character-development, but the latter worked really well for me and I'm keen to read the sequel.

[ghoti]

Ah cool.

[badriya]

Sounds like one I might like, thank you.