Recent Reads: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this! I liked the people (aliens and humans alike), and thought it was a very good story!

We are following the adventures of the Wayfarer, a ship that makes tunnels through space that others can use afterwards. Ashby, the captain, Rosemary, the new clerk, running away from something, Sissex, the pilot, Ohan, the Navigator (capitals are intentional there), Kizzy and Jenks are techs, with Kizzy more the engineer, Jenks with the AI, Corbin is the algaeist (the ships are fueled by algae), and as the book says "a complete asshole", and last but not least, Lovelace (Lovey), the AI.

In some ways, it felt like reading about Firefly, and you could label some of the characters like that, but really, it's about what they do and what they go through, and how you are cheering them on.