"Record of a Spaceborn Few" is the third book of Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series. This series is interesting in the fact that all of the books are so low key and there is very little climactic action in them. In most cases this would be an issue but the world and characters the author is building are interesting.
The first two books were linked together by a couple characters but the third introduces a whole new list of protagonists. These are people living on the Exodan Fleet, ships that took the survivors of Earth to the stars after an ecological collapse.
In a way, the main character of all three books is the world the author has built. The people are just instruments to show off the Galactic Commons, the Exodan Fleet, and other facets of her universe. Characters and action are secondary.
I like this universe and I am curious how Chambers will flesh out her world. I gave this book four stars out of five on Goodreads and I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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