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Provenance
by Ann Leckie
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Regardless of having just read Leckie's original Ancillary trilogy just a few months ago, I had still managed to forget just how incredible she is at packing so much worldbuilding into such a relatively contained and personal story.
When I had heard that Provenance and Translation State (which i hope to read in the near future) were completely separate from Breq and co, I was a little bummed because I thought this meant that all of the implications of how Ancillary Mercy ended would be left alone for the most part. Yet, despite Provenance taking place completely outside of Radchaii space and thus being essentially divorced from so much of what was relevant in the Ancillary trilogy, she managed to build upon all of the implications of that trilogy in so many great ways, both subtle and obvious.
This is all to say, the way Leckie was able to build upon what she did in the Ancillary trilogy by exploring a completely separate part of the universe and society outside of what was, in many ways, set up as the only human society which mattered, i.e., the Radchaii, because we were viewing everything from a perspective which originated from that society was nothing short of incredible in my opinion, and I can't wait to see where Leckie goes with this universe. Almost makes me feel like she'll eventually have an "Avengers" style book or trilogy where all of the different characters from the separate stories cross paths or whatever, and I'd honestly be very up for that, since I think Leckie would be able to handle it very well without it coming off as forced.
Overall, this was an amazing read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Leckie's original trilogy in this universe. Definitely not a good place to start, as someone who had not read the trilogy would likely be quite lost on many of the events and concepts alluded to in this book, but an absolutely wonderful followup.
When I had heard that Provenance and Translation State (which i hope to read in the near future) were completely separate from Breq and co, I was a little bummed because I thought this meant that all of the implications of how Ancillary Mercy ended would be left alone for the most part. Yet, despite Provenance taking place completely outside of Radchaii space and thus being essentially divorced from so much of what was relevant in the Ancillary trilogy, she managed to build upon all of the implications of that trilogy in so many great ways, both subtle and obvious.
This is all to say, the way Leckie was able to build upon what she did in the Ancillary trilogy by exploring a completely separate part of the universe and society outside of what was, in many ways, set up as the only human society which mattered, i.e., the Radchaii, because we were viewing everything from a perspective which originated from that society was nothing short of incredible in my opinion, and I can't wait to see where Leckie goes with this universe. Almost makes me feel like she'll eventually have an "Avengers" style book or trilogy where all of the different characters from the separate stories cross paths or whatever, and I'd honestly be very up for that, since I think Leckie would be able to handle it very well without it coming off as forced.
Overall, this was an amazing read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Leckie's original trilogy in this universe. Definitely not a good place to start, as someone who had not read the trilogy would likely be quite lost on many of the events and concepts alluded to in this book, but an absolutely wonderful followup.