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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this had some at times annoying, at times downright confusing consistency errors that should've been caught by an editor or proofeader, but it is a solid entry in the series. didn't activate the brain worms as much as the ancillary trilogy but ingray is a believable protagonist in another cool world out of ann leckie's mind.
I really enjoyed this as a stand alone addition to this universe. It reference some of the events from the series, but you don't need to have the series to enjoy this one. In comparison to the others it was more of a fun, lighthearted, adventure book.
I've enjoyed the universe that Ann Leckie has created.
A science fiction space opera in the world of Imperial Radch about a woman's quest to save her home with theft, subterfuge, and politics. Overall, I would describe this as a space mystery novel. It is a fun read that keeps it simple and straightforward. It is nothing like previous books by Ann Leckie. The main character is interesting and flawed. The storyline is interesting with great writing. While set in the same universe as Ancillary, it has nothing to do with those books in both story or tone.
4.5 stars, rounded up.
I have read every novel that Ann Leckie has written except one, and that one is near the top of my TBR pile. I have loved all of them. She has a great gift for imagining fantastically complex and wildly different cultures that are still recognizable to us today. In this book, she --
No. You know what, I'm not going to even try. Just read it. It's good. That's all I really have to say.
Except for this: Ann Leckie has joined the very short list of writers from whom I wish I could somehow steal their powers and skills and absorb them for my own. But that presents a horrible dilemma, because if I did that, I wouldn't get to read any more stories by those writers. And that would be a goddamn travesty.
I have read every novel that Ann Leckie has written except one, and that one is near the top of my TBR pile. I have loved all of them. She has a great gift for imagining fantastically complex and wildly different cultures that are still recognizable to us today. In this book, she --
No. You know what, I'm not going to even try. Just read it. It's good. That's all I really have to say.
Except for this: Ann Leckie has joined the very short list of writers from whom I wish I could somehow steal their powers and skills and absorb them for my own. But that presents a horrible dilemma, because if I did that, I wouldn't get to read any more stories by those writers. And that would be a goddamn travesty.
Good book set in a large universe. Fun and we'll paced.
Ah, Leckie. Epic world-saving heroes with emotions, culture, religions, food preferences, relationships...and a mixture of humor, horror, action, and strategy. What more could you want, except another book?
AWESOME. I confess I was worried, because how do you follow up a PERFECT SERIES with a kind of "related but not related" book? And . . . no Breq. I freaking LOVED Breq, and she gets a few vague nameless allusions. But this was GREAT. It could have been longer, I would have stayed for a long time in her new world. Leckie is STILL great at the groups of people jockeying for power and influence and trying to figure out what the other groups are going to do and out-strategize them--and she did it this time with a completely new hero--OK, the hero starts out in kind of shady territory. But she is badass while ALSO being kind and sweet and vulnerable, and I love her! My only problem with this is if they ever make it into a movie I am going to have issues with 3 foot tall mechs shaped like spiders that can also shapeshift. LOL. I'll be poking every bag I see for weeks as it is to make sure it isn't a mech.
Yes, she did it, you should read it, definitely.
Yes, she did it, you should read it, definitely.
I enjoyed this better than her other novels. It takes place in a mostly human colonized universe with some aliens and even an AI civilization. The culture it takes place in is rather ruthless in how people are treated. The main character is trying to pull off a scheme in order to gain her mother's title. The main them though is "vestiges". These are artifacts from the early founding of the planet's government and even include things we would consider momentous such as tickets to events etc. Possessing these gains some status to the owner and the objects have value. Yes, this enters into the plot as the rest of the other planets think it is very silly.(I like that as a reminder to the reader that their culture has things that other cultures think are silly. Try explaining to folks from outside the US why we fly the flag from every school.) The characters were fun and some were very interesting. Leckle had an interesting way (but not confusing) of doing gender. There was he and she for men and women and e, er, em and neeman for indeterminate gender. This was sensible and I will bring it up to my transgender and gay friends.
Disappointing. Bland characters. Confusing plot. Not the quality of the Ancillary series in any way.