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“Here is a Story I Have Heard”

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

July 1, 2020 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I read (and enjoyed) Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy last (Ancillary Justice, the first was particularly amazing) so I was surprised to see she had written a fantasy novel. I enjoy both genres, and I know it isn’t unheard of for authors to switch between genres, but the Radch trilogy had AI and space travel … so definitely what I would consider on the harder side of sci-fi. The novel’s description was a bit vague so I was very pleasantly surprised when I realized that […]

There Will be a Reckoning.

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

February 3, 2020 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Everything of Ann Leckie’s that I have read previously – which is basically every novel she’s published – has been in one form or another, a kind of Space Opera. While Provenance may have had more of a political bent than the more military-minded Imperial Radch books, Ann Leckie has positively been cemented into my mind as very much an ’In Spaaace’ kind of author. Her first fantasy novel – The Raven Tower – has changed this. Leckie has delivered something that is very, very […]

“We are all of us only human.”

Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) by Ann Leckie

December 21, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

The first time I read this book, my main complaint was that it didn’t have as obvious of a structure as Ancillary Justice, but on this second time through, I think I’m going to change my mind about it being less structured, and instead say that it’s differently structured. This book is structured around Breq’s journey from vengeful former A.I. enslaved to a tyrant, to having nearly as much power as that tyrant herself. What she does with that power is entirely shaped by her […]

“If you’re going to make a desperate, hopeless act of defiance you should make it a good one.”

Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) by Ann Leckie

December 21, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

Upping this to five stars upon re-read. Breq makes me feel feelings. I remember where I was when I read this first time, and I distinctly remember reading the first third or so of this book and just being profoundly confused about what was going on, but also thinking to myself, when I re-read this, it’s going to make so much more sense, and that turned out to be true. But what did surprise me on re-read is that not everything is completely clear, and […]

Tea, Politics and Space Ships

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

November 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I loved Ancillary Justice, and was curious to see where Leckie would take the series. While there was some exploration and hinting at larger issues that would be relevant to broader plot, for the most part, this novel felt very much like a smaller story and a large shift in perspective. After the first one set up a huge struggle that could define the future of the Empire, this felt more like an intimate murder mystery type of story, very focused on this one small […]

Why Is It Always So Hard to Review the Great Ones?

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

July 31, 2019 by Jen K 3 Comments

Bingo Square: Award Winner I’ve been meaning to read this novel for quite a while now, but BR 11 Bingo was the final push to get me to start it. I like sci-fi, but some sci-fi can become a bit dry and too technical for me to enjoy, and I feared this might be one of them. As it turns out, I should not have been concerned about that at all. I also started reading Becky Chambers’ novels recently, so it was interesting to read […]

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