Holy cow, Bear is such a good writer. I loved everything about this book, from the way it handles trauma to the strategic use of yoga and cats to the space to the AIs.
And then there’s the fact that Bear takes on the question of individualism versus social cooperation in sf and makes the case for why the Randian individualism is just so...stupid.
I loved watching her write through the arguments and point out how ridiculous they are, I loved how she takes and upends the usual tropes of the genre left over from the testosterone laden era. I love seeing how she takes the heritage of SF and turns it into something so good.