Not my favorite of the Becky Chambers books I’ve read cause I just never quite gelled with the characters as much as I wanted to, but still very good.

It was fairly obvious early on where the story was headed, but I didn’t mind that because the plot was executed really well.

Sidra was a great main character. Jane/Pepper was good as well, but I would have connected to her more if we’d gotten a bit more of the in-between years I think. 

This book expands the world and the lore and the science from book one, which I liked. I also thought this one handled gender much better.

The main themes here are definitely consciousness and purpose. Kind of feels like a precursor to the Monk and Robot series in some ways. I’ll definitely be thinking about it for a while.

Excited to continue with the other books in the series!