Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018
- Genre: Sci-Fi
- Format: Paperback
- Page Count: 358 pages
- My Rating: ★★★ (3/5)
Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.
‘I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice . . . I get dessert twice.’
Tamsin
Content warnings: catastrophic spaceship accident resulting in ~44k deaths, bodies, death of prominent character, equivalent of underage smoking of weed?, PTSD?
When I read a few reviews stating that there is virtually no plot in this installment, I was excited that it must be very character-driven. Sadly, there were a bit too many characters, similar to The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (my review here) but with looser bonds. Since it took me a month to read the book, that could also be a reason why I failed to connect with any of the characters and felt that the plot dragged a little. That being said, I love the pureness of them all and also the philosophical questions Record of a Spaceborn Few decides to tackle.
