The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) in The Toast

Dec 31, 2019 Nicole rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: space, toastie-recs, hopepunk

Oh dang, that was brilliant!

It's a slice of life in a thrillingly full galaxy, centered on a crew of people written with outstanding compassion, even the assholes. I LOVE how Chambers writes about different species and cultures within species interacting. Really, really good read. ...more

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Jun 03, 2017 Hedwig rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novel

It's light on plot and incident, and sometimes a bit heavy on exposition, but this book is just so gosh-darned likeable. I'll always love found family stories that take place on a spaceship, and this one has great characters and great relationships, and a pretty interesting world to boot. ...more

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Jan 31, 2021 Leslie rated it really liked it

I'd give this 3.5 stars. Partway through, I started to feel like this book was just a series of vignettes modeling emotional maturity and empathy - there's definitely a long stretch of it where the crew of the Wayfarer is getting into assorted interesting situations, but the emotional landscape gets a bit dull, as no one is ever unkind or mistaken, to say nothing of actually doing the wrong thing. But it picks up a lot in the last third and ends up being a really good story! The characters are a ...more

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