A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

I've been asked a few times for a review of this so i thought I'd better read it :)

On the whole I like it. It's a family of choice space fiction with a cast of believable characters. It did seem a bit tick boxy at the start, there's a manic pixie dream girl mechanic (I wonder why fivemack was reminded of Firefly), a nurturer, a wild eyed newbie, an obsessive savant. Everyone seemed placed in their roles. But happily, everyone grew from their start positions as they get more exposure.
I love when there are agender, differently gendered people in a book, but adding in a gender neutral pronoun without a person to match felt forced. It didn't need to be. I love when there are poly people, but the poly aliens were all a bit 'look at the freaks who are so promiscuous and only think about sex' which was redeemed a bit but only once that idea was firmly established.

So, what I think? It's a nice story and I like the people but with really jarring parts too, read it when you're in a good mood and likely to be able to cope.