Then we also have Sawyer Gursky (23), the grounder who heads to the Fleet for a change, and Kip Madaki (15, bi+), a teen who always feels out of place in the communal Fleet life. ‘This is a time when a swear word is entirely appropriate.’Īya took a breath.

We have Ashby’s (from TLWTASAP) older sister Tessa Santoso (40s) and her children Aya (9), who is suffering from what seems like an undiagnosed PTSD after witnessing the Oxomoco accident, and Ky (2), who is the most adorably written, chaotic toddler character I have ever read.Īya sniffled mightily and said: ‘Can I say a swear word?’ There is a visiting Harmagian scholar Ghuh’loloan who provides an outsider view of the human race. I love the octogenarian wives (yes, married to each other) Isabel Itoh and Tamsin (79). That being said, I love the pureness of them all and also the philosophical questions Record of a Spaceborn Few decides to tackle.

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. 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. 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. I get dessert twice.’ TamsinĬontent warnings: catastrophic spaceship accident resulting in ~44k deaths, bodies, death of prominent character, equivalent of underage smoking of weed?, PTSD? Record of a Spaceborn Few ( Wayfarers #3) by Becky ChambersĬlick on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

Record of a spaceborn few