Ann Leckie's Ancilary Sword was even better than Ancilary Justice
I loved Sword, but both agree & disagree - the worldbuilding is first rate and so is the characterization, but down on Athoek, Breq seemed to have almost mary sue levels of competence, despite not have the advantages of the unique sort of connectivity that she has on the station or especially with her crew. That's pretty much my only criticism of that book, but to me it's a notable one.
I entirely agree with you about Vernon's "Toad Words", and while I'd been uncertain about buying and reading Gladstone's Craft sequence, I was sufficiently impressed and pleased with "A Kiss With Teeth" and immediately after finishing it tried Three Parts Dead and loved it.
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Date: 2015-02-01 10:49 pm (UTC)I loved Sword, but both agree & disagree - the worldbuilding is first rate and so is the characterization, but down on Athoek, Breq seemed to have almost mary sue levels of competence, despite not have the advantages of the unique sort of connectivity that she has on the station or especially with her crew. That's pretty much my only criticism of that book, but to me it's a notable one.
I entirely agree with you about Vernon's "Toad Words", and while I'd been uncertain about buying and reading Gladstone's Craft sequence, I was sufficiently impressed and pleased with "A Kiss With Teeth" and immediately after finishing it tried Three Parts Dead and loved it.