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Translation State by Ann Leckie

18 reviews

liz_da_biz49's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Different flavor than the Imperial Radch Trilogy and it can be off putting for that reason if that's what you expect go in.
Three different narrator's prioritizing three different things and despite being 30ish-60ish all precious babies.
Cannibalism, gender, identity, coming of age whenever the fuck you can, and violently insisting on independence from the systems and things that break us.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

amphytrite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

athryn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Really enjoyed this. I love the imperial radch setting, and this was another great entry. Liked the different pov, and it kept me engaged. Pretty much read it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

Minor misgendering

ferlintokezeirquizes's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I quite enjoyed Translation State, the latest in stallment of the Imperial Radch series.  While I did not like it as much as the trilogy itself, I did like it significantly more than its predecessor Provenance.  Indeed, this book did much of what I wished the prior one would -- in my review of Provenance I wrote that "I would have liked more focus on the alien species and the upcoming conclave, but that was treated moreso as the backdrop" and this book focuses much more on both the significance of the conclave and the alien species, with significant characters who are Presger, Presger Translators, and Geck.  I like how the themes of translation/language and identity are treated here, and for the most part I enjoyed the main characters (the way Qven and Reet's dynamic develops toward the end was a little too angst-filled for my preferences but I do like them overall; Enae read very much younger to me than hir age).  The plot was fast paced and held my interest - an exciting space opera! - and I like the alternating POV chapters.  I'll happily read the next Radch book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

smoakwithwifi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Vomit and Classism

eternallibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Ann Leckie's books never fail to pull me in and utterly engross me, and this was no exception. It was such a delight to return to this world, and to have more pieces of it filled in. In particular Translation State worked so nicely in concert with both Imperial Radch and Provenance - seeing some familiar faces and getting different perspectives on previous events. However I also think this would work well as a standalone too. With all new perspectives, we get reintroduced to the world and the events through their eyes. 
I love how comfortable the world seems - even when we're with a character who's somewhere new or distressing, I feel like I have a sense for what's going on, and I didn't feel like I had to get a third of the way into the book before I figured out the cast of characters or how the world works. Even when there was a bit of a mystery to be solved, I didn't feel frustrated because I trusted that things would make sense eventually. And they did! I love reading a book I can trust to tell me a good, satisfying story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail