Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is clearly the best writing I have read so far this year. I fell in love with Becky Chambers' writing once again. The beautiful language, the complex ideas, the whole positive but still really deep atmosphere of the whole book is just amazing. Also the world-building. And the dialogues. And the... everything. I really wish there was more of it and cannot wait for the second part. In the meantime, I think I might just re-read all the Wayfarer books. This would deserve more than five stars.

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