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Provenance
by Ann Leckie
Another amazing book from Ann Leckie! It opens with a mystery - we don't initially know what the main character, Ingray, is up to - which is a lot of fun. From there it's a solid fun adventure, as Ingray navigates family dynamics, space politics, love, and coming into themselves.
We get to know a bit more about an alien species introduced in the Ancilliary series, the Geck. I thought the book did a good job of allowing us to understand and relate to the Geck while keeping them quite alien. Leckie also introduces a new gender system - the varied gender systems is something I love about her world (because why wouldn't that be the case?).
This book felt a bit younger to me, maybe because the main character is indeed quite a young adult.
As with the other Imperial Radch universe books, it's ultimately an uplifting story that reminds us of ways we can problem solve and show up in relationships when we are at our best, even when the situation we face is beyond our complete understanding. There was only one element that I felt was left hanging: Leckie introduced explixit commentary on serious injustices in the judicial and prison system through one of the characters, but didn't explore this very much. It was crystal clear this character cared about the topic, but we got limited insight as to why or what this system really looked like. It was still interesting to have the topic brought up, but I would have loved to see more.
We get to know a bit more about an alien species introduced in the Ancilliary series, the Geck. I thought the book did a good job of allowing us to understand and relate to the Geck while keeping them quite alien. Leckie also introduces a new gender system - the varied gender systems is something I love about her world (because why wouldn't that be the case?).
This book felt a bit younger to me, maybe because the main character is indeed quite a young adult.
As with the other Imperial Radch universe books, it's ultimately an uplifting story that reminds us of ways we can problem solve and show up in relationships when we are at our best, even when the situation we face is beyond our complete understanding. There was only one element that I felt was left hanging: Leckie introduced explixit commentary on serious injustices in the judicial and prison system through one of the characters, but didn't explore this very much. It was crystal clear this character cared about the topic, but we got limited insight as to why or what this system really looked like. It was still interesting to have the topic brought up, but I would have loved to see more.