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Becky Chambers: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Paperback, 2022, Hodder & Stoughton)

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …

Review of 'Galaxy, and the Ground Within' on 'Goodreads'

My only complaint about this is that it's the last of rhe Wayfarers series. Becky Chambers has an amazing talent for creating characters and I want to know more about what happens to the characters from this and the other three books. This book is a perfect example of how story and plot come from character. There's a big exciting event here, but the main purpose of that is to bring these five characters together and explore how each of them affects the others. However, through these characters - none of whom are human - we get a sense of this universe, how it works, and the frustrations that brings to each character's life. There's even a discussion about politics that captures the realities of it and how people deal with it.
A great read, and eager to see what she does next.