4.0
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I somehow missed this when it first came out - in part because Sharing Knife is so contained as a series that I wasn't expecting it and in part because it took me longer to appreciate it (it has that in common with The Hallowed Hunt).

It's nice seeing Barr grow up and this just confirms that every single book that Bujold has ever written is a riff on Aral's "All true wealth is biological".
The rest is commentary.