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Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
5.0
Why did it take me so long to get around to continuing this series?
There were reasons, but now they all seem dumb. This was a GREAT experience and I love one (1) Justice of Toren One Esk Nineteen.
Honestly, I have no idea what the plot-relevancy of this book even was. Anaander Mianaai's schizophrenic civil war barely even featured. We just jet over to that planet where Lieutenant Awn was, and then spend the next short age ruthlessly attacking all of its crimes and injustices. I'm sure this connects to the bigger plot somehow, but honestly I don't care. It was great.
It's like Breq spent a thousand years standing around impassively while having a LOT of opinions and now that impassiveness is no longer the rule, decides to wage a systematic military campaign with those opinions. The way (she?) keeps an intense, instinctive eye on everyone she cares about should be creepy, but it's not. Instead, the way she pays attention to everything, from the smallest detail to the most massive, just feels like caring.
The entire time was just Breq maneuvering to emotionally, materially, and politically improve people's lives. Why? Not sure. But I'm not complaining. I loved the whole thing. The politics were great, the loyalty dynamics of ships and crews were great, the intricate dynamics of relationships -- everything was great.
I can't wait to read the next one and have faith it will be just as fabulous.
There were reasons, but now they all seem dumb. This was a GREAT experience and I love one (1) Justice of Toren One Esk Nineteen.
Honestly, I have no idea what the plot-relevancy of this book even was. Anaander Mianaai's schizophrenic civil war barely even featured. We just jet over to that planet where Lieutenant Awn was, and then spend the next short age ruthlessly attacking all of its crimes and injustices. I'm sure this connects to the bigger plot somehow, but honestly I don't care. It was great.
It's like Breq spent a thousand years standing around impassively while having a LOT of opinions and now that impassiveness is no longer the rule, decides to wage a systematic military campaign with those opinions. The way (she?) keeps an intense, instinctive eye on everyone she cares about should be creepy, but it's not. Instead, the way she pays attention to everything, from the smallest detail to the most massive, just feels like caring.
The entire time was just Breq maneuvering to emotionally, materially, and politically improve people's lives. Why? Not sure. But I'm not complaining. I loved the whole thing. The politics were great, the loyalty dynamics of ships and crews were great, the intricate dynamics of relationships -- everything was great.
I can't wait to read the next one and have faith it will be just as fabulous.