Chelsea
THIS WAS LOVELY! The characters were lovely, the relationships were lovely, everything was lovely!!!
I really enjoyed how broad and diverse the cast was, including the aliens that were just straight up WEIRD (from my meager human perspective). Not all the alien species were humanoid with just one or two different physical features, they were unique and well thought-out and so very different from humans—physically, mentally, and culturally. But despite the crew of the Wayfarer being so drastically different from each other, they were a family. And if you know how I feel about found family stories (I ADORE THEM), you'll understand why this book was such a pleasure for me. The relationship between the crew as a whole, plus the relationships between many of them one-on-one, felt so genuine. They fought sometimes, they annoyed each other sometimes, but at the end of the day you could feel the love, respect, and support flowing through the Wayfarer.
The positivity of this book was so refreshing. So often, sci-fi is depressing as hell, and that's fine, that makes sense, I enjoy that sometimes. But I also enjoy a bunch of lovable characters zooming around in space and eating dinner together and watching giant flying crickets together. There were some obstacles and there was some angst, but you always knew that the characters would get through because they had each other—they had their crew, their family.
THIS WAS LOVELY! The characters were lovely, the relationships were lovely, everything was lovely!!!
I really enjoyed how broad and diverse the cast was, including the aliens that were just straight up WEIRD (from my meager human perspective). Not all the alien species were humanoid with just one or two different physical features, they were unique and well thought-out and so very different from humans—physically, mentally, and culturally. But despite the crew of the Wayfarer being so drastically different from each other, they were a family. And if you know how I feel about found family stories (I ADORE THEM), you'll understand why this book was such a pleasure for me. The relationship between the crew as a whole, plus the relationships between many of them one-on-one, felt so genuine. They fought sometimes, they annoyed each other sometimes, but at the end of the day you could feel the love, respect, and support flowing through the Wayfarer.
The positivity of this book was so refreshing. So often, sci-fi is depressing as hell, and that's fine, that makes sense, I enjoy that sometimes. But I also enjoy a bunch of lovable characters zooming around in space and eating dinner together and watching giant flying crickets together. There were some obstacles and there was some angst, but you always knew that the characters would get through because they had each other—they had their crew, their family.