The long way to a small, angry planet

by Becky Chambers

Paperback, 404 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:: 978-1-4736-1981-4

(6 reviews)

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants. Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet.

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Stratki reviewed The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)

Fluffy en warm

4 stars

Je moet er een beetje van houden denk ik, het is een beetje fluffy en lief met allemaal aardige mensen die het beste met elkaar voor hebben. De Grote Geheimen waar het in de flaptekst over gaat zijn niet heel erg wereldschokkend, en zelfs de (weinige) slechteriken zijn grotendeels niet echt slecht. Niet echt een nagelbijter dus. Maar ach, het is bijna kerst, en we kunnen wel wat woke feelgood gebruiken in de wereld.

TQ@wyrms.de reviewed The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)

Needed to get used to the pacing, loved it in the end

4 stars

Enjoyed the weirdness of the worldbuilding, loved the relationshis and interactive, just liked the characters. I needed to get used to the slow pacing but enjoyed it in the end.

mahdi reviewed Dlouhá cesta na malou, rozzlobenou planetu by Becky Chambers (Poutníci, #1)

ok

3 stars

Prvni dil (zatim?) 4 dilne serie, puvodne samostatna knizka. Pomerne klidna space opera. Kdyz uz dojde na akci, probehne na par stranach a zas se zevluje. Bezproblemovy lehci cteni nekde na dovcu k vode. Dalsi dil mam v planu, uvidime, potencialnich linii je otevrenych hodne.

Relatively slow space opera (no problem with that) with some action, which might be important from galactic perspective, but is a bit secondary for the overall story. It's more focused on members of tunneling starship and their interactions/relationship etc. Will go for second book from series.