A review by salamander_snail
City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Sci-fi is ultimately a means to talk about the things that are important to us in the present day, and Traviss does that immaculately here. City of Pearl is an intriguing journey to the very edges of human space-faring civilisation where we meet creatures and face dilemmas unlike anything we are familiar with. But really it is a story about environmentalism, violence, and what we justify in the name of our principles.