The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers · 2014
A ragtag spaceship crew tunnels wormholes for a living. Chambers's 2014 debut prioritizes kindness and found-family over conflict, a deliberate inversion of space opera conventions. Whether this is refreshing or toothless depends on the reader.
The case against
Episodes, planet by planet, with stakes that rarely rise above a hard conversation handled maturely. Every crew member gets one trait and a tolerance lesson, conflicts dissolve into hugs and tea, and the climactic loss is sanded smooth within pages. If you need plot, or friction, or a sentence that surprises you, the Wayfarer isn't carrying any.
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