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thistlechaser's review
4.0
For the longest time, this had been my favorite story I ever read. It started as a novella (1984) and then in the 90s was fleshed out into a full novel. When I downloaded it for my Kindle, I wasn't sure which version I was getting -- I hoped for the novel, but it tuned out to the the novella.
Set on an alien planet, the natives were sentient big cats. Like the big cats of Earth, they were strongly independent and barely social at all -- to live together, they needed individuals who acted as Weighters (judges/peacemakers/accountants all rolled into one).
The story followed one Weighter as humans arrived on her world and changed everything in good ways and bad.
My "problem" with this story was only that I knew it too well. Though it's been many years since I last read it, I felt like I knew it word for word. Not only did I know the entire plot turn for turn, I felt like I even knew the phrasing and wording choice. While not fair to this story, I rated it a liked instead of a loved because it was just too familiar with it. As much as I enjoyed it, I was bored because I knew the whole thing already.
Set on an alien planet, the natives were sentient big cats. Like the big cats of Earth, they were strongly independent and barely social at all -- to live together, they needed individuals who acted as Weighters (judges/peacemakers/accountants all rolled into one).
The story followed one Weighter as humans arrived on her world and changed everything in good ways and bad.
My "problem" with this story was only that I knew it too well. Though it's been many years since I last read it, I felt like I knew it word for word. Not only did I know the entire plot turn for turn, I felt like I even knew the phrasing and wording choice. While not fair to this story, I rated it a liked instead of a loved because it was just too familiar with it. As much as I enjoyed it, I was bored because I knew the whole thing already.
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