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fridge_brilliance 's review for:
Provenance
by Ann Leckie
It’s a book with a heart in such a good place, and a cast that you just want to hug forever and let them marathon trashy movies together and buy each other crappy intergalactic souvenirs. It’s also a book about families, and chosen identities, and being a decent person. Also, SUPER CUTE DID I MENTION?
Featuring but not limited to:
-- Growing up in a political household
-- Growing up a chronic Hufflepuff in a political household
-- Crappy (also very likely fake) souvenirs as religious foundation of a society
-- Alien fish people who can’t human for shit but care a whole goddamn lot
-- Tragically misplaced Noble and Civilized Raadchai person who just Wants A Cup of Tea and suffers among Barbarians
-- Multiple fake identities
-- A ship full of crooks (if you're a crook and I'm a crook then who the fuck is flying the plane?)
-- Spider mechs that are basically like sooties froms Spirited Away except somewhat more useful
-- Respectful gender gimmicks that for a change don’t blow your brain completely
-- Double dating
-- Walking into and out of kidnapping on both ends of the process
-- Murder mysteries
-- Noodle shops so good you set alerts for when they are open
So, if any of this appeals to you, read and enjoy! For I sure did :)
I would say it’s more accessible than the Ancillary books, overall, and much cozier -- yes, it takes the coziness up another notch, cross-cultural murder mysteries and diplomatic maneuvering and all -- and yet I would probably advise against using it as a gateway into Ann Leckie. Mostly because having a look at Raadchai after you’ve gotten to know them from a trilogy set heavily in Raach space makes their cameo here so much more hilarious. And, I guess, the main trilogy explains the set-up with aliens and intergalactic treaty better. So I’d say at least read Ancillary Justice first, if you really want to jump the queue with Provenance, and then enjoy the rest.
Featuring but not limited to:
-- Growing up in a political household
-- Growing up a chronic Hufflepuff in a political household
-- Crappy (also very likely fake) souvenirs as religious foundation of a society
-- Alien fish people who can’t human for shit but care a whole goddamn lot
-- Tragically misplaced Noble and Civilized Raadchai person who just Wants A Cup of Tea and suffers among Barbarians
-- Multiple fake identities
-- A ship full of crooks (if you're a crook and I'm a crook then who the fuck is flying the plane?)
-- Spider mechs that are basically like sooties froms Spirited Away except somewhat more useful
-- Respectful gender gimmicks that for a change don’t blow your brain completely
-- Double dating
-- Walking into and out of kidnapping on both ends of the process
-- Murder mysteries
-- Noodle shops so good you set alerts for when they are open
So, if any of this appeals to you, read and enjoy! For I sure did :)
I would say it’s more accessible than the Ancillary books, overall, and much cozier -- yes, it takes the coziness up another notch, cross-cultural murder mysteries and diplomatic maneuvering and all -- and yet I would probably advise against using it as a gateway into Ann Leckie. Mostly because having a look at Raadchai after you’ve gotten to know them from a trilogy set heavily in Raach space makes their cameo here so much more hilarious. And, I guess, the main trilogy explains the set-up with aliens and intergalactic treaty better. So I’d say at least read Ancillary Justice first, if you really want to jump the queue with Provenance, and then enjoy the rest.