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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

Becky Chambers

Start date: November 1, 2025

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Nov 11, 2022 shannon rated it really liked it

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A lovely little story and somehow so profound

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Dec 27, 2022 Debbie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this audiobook. I liked the part at the beginning, which focuses on world-building and Sibling Dex's life as a garden monk. I all-to-easily identified with their career crisis and need to move on to another calling. I fell in love with the idea of having tea monks, as a person to go to when you need them, as a part of a thriving community who understands the need for them, and as a person who might enjoy being a tea monk. Finally, I really enjoyed the conversations and explorati ...more

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Aug 21, 2022 Judy rated it liked it

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3.5 Almost a fable, a tale of a future time that evolved in response to the time we live in now. Brief, moving, interesting, with good world building.

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Jan 05, 2022 Julia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: introducing-great-new-characters, audio-books, feminist, scifi-fantasy, religion, distopian, read-women-2021, lgbtq, wisdom-books

I have to give this one a re-read in a year or so. I read 2/3 of it and had to return it to the library. I was not enjoying it as much as I did the other Becky Chambers series, maybe my sights were too high. So I returned it, and a few months later got it back and the final third blew me away. So now I don't know if it's a 5 star read (the last third was) or a 3...

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Jun 16, 2023 Sarah rated it it was amazing

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52 Book Club 2023: A book with a dedication

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Jul 22, 2023 Heather rated it it was amazing

I loved every page

The story opens with a descriptive narrative style that makes it easy to vividly picture everything around you. I love this kind of opening because it drops you so efficiently into the world of the story.

The depiction of life on the moon and the way humanity interacts with the world around them is really well written and interesting to consider. The juxtaposition of humanity and nature is, I'm sure, an intentional contrast that continuously reminds you that maybe people aren't ...more

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Sep 30, 2021 Phaedra rated it really liked it

So stinking cute. I had a hard time getting into it, and Chambers skirts the didactic in a way that makes me wary as a reader, even peripherally uncomfortable. But the world and its customs are lush and believable, and Chambers explores the human condition with her usual insight.

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