2024 reread:
Ahoy there mateys! Usually when I read this book, I focus on the robot.  This time I listened to it in audiobook form and was more focused on the monk's side.  The monk questions their life purpose.  I too am in transition mode and I don't know what the future holds for me.  It is a scary place to be and yet a humbling place to be.  Just living.  I love Mosscap's view on life and wish I could live more with that viewpoint.  This novella is both comforting and thoughtful.  I love it so.  Arrrr!

*****

Ahoy there me mateys! It be no secret that I love Becky Chambers work. So much so that I didn’t really know what the book was about other than that the series name suggested a monk and a robot. Aye, but how we meet said monk and robot were fantastic.

I, of course, adored this. I want to meet a tea monk. If I was lucky, I would love to meet the best tea monk, Dex, and see what they brew for me. I also would love to meet the robot, Mosscap, and pester it with every question I could think of. Watching the two interact was just wonderful.

This book is hopeful, a bit philosophical, and shows slices of life. Becky Chambers does this so very well. I knew it was a novella. I knew it would be short. And I was still surprised by how engrossed I was watching everything unfold and also with how much I wanted to know what happened next when it ended. The ending seemed abrupt but it was really just because I was transported into the story and this world faded away.

I need to know what happens next. I need lots more Becky Chambers books in general. Arrr!