skye reviewed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who …
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2 stars
It would have been so nice.
There's space lesbianism, fluffy aliens, cool characters & polyamory.
The plot was not overly captivating and felt a bit haphazard and aimless, but that would have been okay if the book had been enjoyable...
Which it really would have been, were it not for the ableism.
It's full of ableist slurs & comparisons, with a free inspiration porn scene on top where one of the characters meets one from their own species who has a condition that's not called autism, but described exactly as autism is usually described. And then the character is nice to the space autistic who is eternally grateful for 10 minutes of kindness and they have totally changed each other's lives!!!!
That felt like a punch in the face.
So no, do not recommend. Sorry.