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lemonsaurus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Confinement
Moderate: Infertility, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol
illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Confinement and War
Minor: Colonisation
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This series filled as it is with love, compassion, and kindness, is a soothing balm in an increasingly unkind world ‐ and this final book in the quartet is no different.
This is not a book to read if you want fast-paced action, because beyond the brief triggering incident that brings the main characters together, not a lot actually happens.
These books are all about humanity, and it's such a clever idea of Chambers to use aliens as a conduit to explore its many facets.
Galaxy is about family, about doing what makes you happy, about learning to disagree respectfully, about the beauty in everyday life.
I loved it.
Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Colonisation
Moderate: Genocide, Pregnancy, and War
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Prose: 3★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4.5★/3.25★
Characters: 3.25★
Worldbuilding: 4.75★
Ending: 3.25
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and War
kers_tin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol and War
Minor: Gun violence and Abortion
acemummerz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Deportation
The book explores alien cultures during a space disaster - everything discussed is about alien races / species rather than human, but it does explore some moderately difficult topics. Medical content spoiler:skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'll be recommending this series to anyone I can get to read it.
Graphic: Pregnancy and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, and Murder
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War
softgalaxy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was a very different book from the previous entry in the Wayfarer series, and a lot better in my opinion.
There is minimal plot to this book, it mostly follows the characters and their interactions with each other, in a similar tone to Chambers’s previous books. The main topic of the story is difference, how the different characters of varying species contend with this difference in light of disaster. But it wasn’t just about difference, each character was fully formed and felt very vivid.
I love Ouloo’s attentiveness and kindness. I love Tupo’s changeability and curiosity. I love Roveg’s charm and class. I love Speaker’s forthrightness and honesty. I love Pei’s fortitude and openness of her emotions.
Stunning book as ever!
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
dytiscusfriend's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual content, Abortion, and War