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A review by ruzgofdi
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
1.0
I want to say this thing moves at a glacial pace, but that's not quite right. This thing moves at a pace that makes a glacier look like it could out run a cheetah. This is the most boring story of revenge I've ever encountered. Our point of view character is flat. Locations get more descriptive text than any of the characters because the author is trying to do something "interesting" with a society that doesn't place emphasis on gender. If I may borrow from a quote from [a:Roald Dahl|4273|Roald Dahl|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1311554908p2/4273.jpg], she "gobblefunks around with words" so much that what I guess will be an important detail for the series going forward went sailing right over my head until someone pointed it out in a discussion thread. And yes, this is the first book in a series. So, while in the past I've given an point to books that pull out of the nose dive in the last chapter or two, here it feels like the author desperately trying to add something to hook the audience into buying the next one.
It's not a good sign when an author puts the two lead characters in a life threatening situation, and my hope is that we'll get a good enough description of their corpses and the crater they'll leave. I should have listened to my instincts and abandoned the book when that didn't happen.
It's not a good sign when an author puts the two lead characters in a life threatening situation, and my hope is that we'll get a good enough description of their corpses and the crater they'll leave. I should have listened to my instincts and abandoned the book when that didn't happen.