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Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
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bookshelves: favorite-author, alien-contact, science-fiction, space-travel
Mar 11, 2023
bookshelves: favorite-author, alien-contact, science-fiction, space-travel
I'm normally a big Becky Chambers fan, but this book just didn't do it for me. It's designed to follow one of about 6 main characters in each chapter, and every scene feels like its main job is world building. Don't get me wrong; I love the author's worlds. But at some point, I wanted there to be a more compelling storyline.
It's the story of a generation ship multiple generations after leaving Earth and finding other worlds and cultures. The book explores what it would be like for a group of people to decide to continue living on the ship rather than going planetside and potentially ruining another planet. We have the perspective of a land-born person coming to the ship to live, as well as some ship-born people going to live planet-side. And that's pretty much all there is to the plot on a grand scale.
I feel like I could have skipped this book since all the series books tend to stand alone. It may be a while before I brave the next book in the series after this though.
It's the story of a generation ship multiple generations after leaving Earth and finding other worlds and cultures. The book explores what it would be like for a group of people to decide to continue living on the ship rather than going planetside and potentially ruining another planet. We have the perspective of a land-born person coming to the ship to live, as well as some ship-born people going to live planet-side. And that's pretty much all there is to the plot on a grand scale.
I feel like I could have skipped this book since all the series books tend to stand alone. It may be a while before I brave the next book in the series after this though.
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Reading Progress
September 5, 2020
– Shelved
September 5, 2020
– Shelved as:
kindle-wishlist
October 15, 2020
– Shelved as:
library-wishlist
March 11, 2021
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21.0%
"This is such a slow read. Each chapter follows a different person, and it takes about 15% of the book before you get through all of the main characters once. So there's really not a lot driving the book forward because they're only tenuously connected. Yes, I love this author's character-building and world-building. But the book isn't very compelling so far."
January 13, 2022
– Shelved as:
abandoned-perhaps-temporarily
February 26, 2023
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Started Reading
February 26, 2023
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9.0%
"This is the 3rd time I've started this book. The 1st time, my audiobook rental expired, The second time was at the beginning of the pandemic, and I just wasn't able to handle a book that revolved around a disaster that killed tens of thousands. I think I can manage to read it this time around."
February 27, 2023
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26.0%
"There's a big difference in your enjoyment of a book when you're finally in the mood for it."
March 7, 2023
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47.0%
"As much as I love her Monk and Robot books that aren't going anywhere, this book isn't making me as thrilled. The short rotating vignettes of all the characters has me losing interest quickly because it's mainly just worldbuilding. I think the only plot right now is that one kid wants to leave the ship while another just joined because they have differeing ideas of freedom. Zzzzzzz...."
March 11, 2023
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Finished Reading
March 13, 2023
– Shelved as:
favorite-author
March 13, 2023
– Shelved as:
space-travel
March 13, 2023
– Shelved as:
science-fiction
March 13, 2023
– Shelved as:
alien-contact
