Imperial Radch trilogy, by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Apparently last time I read this book I wasn't really engaged until a point well after halfway through. I don't even know what was wrong with me at that time. I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING and from page one!

Okay so I first read this book back when it came out and there was the giant to-do when everyone was reading it and talking about it. And I did enjoy it at the time, and intended to read the sequels, and just....never got around to it. But turns out Essie owns the whole trilogy, so I borrowed all three from her, and decided I'd really better reread the first book before continuing, in order to make sure I could follow what happened in the next books.

But I kept putting off reading it because I had this vague memory from last time of this book being a lot of WORK to read, though good enough to be worth the work. WHAT THE HECK, MEMORY. HOW WRONG. This book is immensely readable!

I dunno how to talk more about this book? Last time I read it I gave a run-down of my thoughts of various aspects that I thought were particularly well done, and I still basically agree with myself, though also I have a million more feels about all the characters than I expressed back then. (I don't think I agree with myself entirely about the pronoun stuff anymore though.)


Ancillary Sword

I am all exclamation marks! WHAT A GOOD BOOK. I read the whole thing in one day. Just as good as the first book, which is not to be relied upon within trilogies.

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Ancillary Mercy

Well that didn't go where I expected things to go! ( more spoilers! )