A review by storyorc
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book has a stranglehold on my imagination. I haven't wanted to travel a galaxy so bad since Firefly. And the fact that it's all told through the perspective of a (excuse the Culturism) ship mind?? In one - ONE - book, Leckie tackles high sci-fi concepts like ship's anciliary human bodies, clones, and galactic colonisation, as well as the intimate guilt of coming to terms with one's place in an oppressive system, as WELL as a splash of gender radicalism (perfect complement to Left Hand of Darkness, btw; a true blind taste test of gender). And her bitter, brutal, vibrant characters - I love them? What the hell.