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A review by frakalot
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
4.0
I liked this enough to persist with the series. I love a good biomech theme and this had its own unique charm. I suspect that this story gave some inspiration to the final Old Man's War book. The last few chapters really had me captivated and have bumped this up from a 3 to a 4 star for me.
Helva is a great and interesting character, I enjoyed her attitude. I did think the process of learning to sing rushed by too quickly but it was a talent eventually put to good use.
Jennan didn't interest me as much but obviously impressed Helva deeply. However, Theoda struck me as more appealing almost instantly and I thought she'd have made a great brawn. The most interesting brain/brawn relationship was with Teron though, the grating clash of their personalities was entertaining.
I must admit that the theatrical scenes were a little lost on me, including the drama within the troupe. And. Although I thought the emotional connections were wonderful and pure I felt a little odd about some of the implications of the physical connections.
Helva is a great and interesting character, I enjoyed her attitude. I did think the process of learning to sing rushed by too quickly but it was a talent eventually put to good use.
Jennan didn't interest me as much but obviously impressed Helva deeply. However, Theoda struck me as more appealing almost instantly and I thought she'd have made a great brawn. The most interesting brain/brawn relationship was with Teron though, the grating clash of their personalities was entertaining.
I must admit that the theatrical scenes were a little lost on me, including the drama within the troupe. And. Although I thought the emotional connections were wonderful and pure I felt a little odd about some of the implications of the physical connections.