A Closed and Common Orbit

Sin llegar a poder decir que me haya decepcionado sí que me he encontrado aquí a una Chambers que se aleja de la estructura que más me gustaba de sus obras: un grupo de gente encerrada en un espacio constreñido donde las relaciones entre los personajes es lo más importante. Aquí ya no hay un único escenario ni un único grupo y eso ha provocado que el interés que despertó en mí este libro haya sido menor que con los anteriores. Aún así sigue teniendo ideas muy buenas y leerlo te deja un poso de optimismo que nunca viene mal.

Chambers is a great author and I love immersing myself into her universes.

More feel-good scifi. (No spoilers:) It's Pepper backstory, and another minor character from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I think this one benefits a lot from taking it slowly and focussing on just two characters.

I absolutely adored this book. I realise that part of this is that it was a perfect little escape while I was stuck at home with covid, but I do also think it's really wonderful.

It has some similar strengths to the first in the series, in that it's mostly about the relationships between a few outcast characters that become a chosen family and just happen to be in space. But if anything I think it's better written (I guess Chambers getting into her stride with book 2), and benefits from being a more focussed story of a smaller number of characters. And has some weightier things to say about embodiment, the tension between fitting in and freedom, and loyalty & reciprocity.

I am excited about the rest of the series.

A wonderful sequel

This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!

A wonderful sequel

This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!