A review by ponderit
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

i liked this book, probably around like a 4.2/5! to me it didn’t hit as well as his first set of stories, but i enjoyed many of these the same. my favorites were “exhalation”, “the truth of fact, the truth of feeling”, and “anxiety is the dizziness of feeling”. the only story i didn’t really enjoy was “dacey’s patent automatic nanny”. 

ted chiang has an amazing knack for writing stories with incredible world building in such a short amount of pages—it is truly an art.