The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

This book was such a surprise, to be honest? I wasn't sure what I expected but it wasn't this and I loved every second of it. Quick shoutout to the cover and title for both being beautiful as well.

I think this book is a great way of showing all the things sci-fi can be. Because yes, the story plays out on a space ship in deep space and there's talk of Mars and aliens and wormholes, but at the same time the story is for a large part about the characters (and boy do I love my character-based stories) and their relationships and their lives. And the characters are just... they were so diverse and complex and rich and all of them had interesting stories and histories to tell? I loved the way the non-human species felt so distinctly not human and they were given room to be their own people with their own cultures. It was a big relief that we didn't only get a human's pov, but that the pov's switched throughout and just trying to experience your own species through someone else's eyes was so cool and eye-opening and funny.

I'm so curious to see what the next book brings (like honestly I have no idea so that'll be cool to see)