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A review by catmech
Translation State by Ann Leckie
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
I think about Reet every time I am at work and wish I were instead watching Doctor Who with a cold cup of chocolate milk. Reet my beloved we are so similar (it's the autistic parallels). This book was so good I will never stop thinking about it!!!!!!
Ok I am back because I had a bad day and I want to talk about this book that I loved so much. I had to wait a little bit before 5 starring it because I didn't want the immediate post-book high to influence my review but I have been thinking about this book So Much and I loved it so much when I read it. So into the 5 star tier it goes :~)
Reasons I love this book so dearly:
1. Starts with a funeral scene!!!!!! From the very first page I was so excited to read on. And Enae <333333 wahhhh I was rooting for hir the whole way <3333333
2. Again, Reet my absolute beloved. This may be showing my hand a bit but he was immediately boosted into my top-tier characters when he was actively having a conversation with someone and all he was thinking of was "God I wish I were at home, watching my favorite TV show, and eating dumplings." I have had that exact thought process SO MANY TIMES!!!! I have a designated mind room that I like to imagine I am in when I am in situations that I desperately do not want to be in. Reet I am shaking your hand SO HARD!!!! Also, you know, the whole feeling out of place, thoughts of vivisection, and complicated feelings about family. Man. It was like Ann Leckie looked right into my brain and made a character/book out of it. Also, giant, massive, transgender parallels. Just, so much gender parallels, everywhere. My god.
3. REET AND QVEN QPR!!!!!!!!! NOT REALLY BUT LET ME HAVE THIS!!!!!!!!!
4. Qven "eat things you really aren't supposed to" LastName (I forgot if e has a last name) How many times have I been so incredibly into a piece of media that I have dreamed of eating its physical form (CD, book, DVD, cassette tape, etc etc). Again, Ann Leckie brain look write book I read book it is such a mirror. This review is getting less comprehensible as it goes on.
5. THE POWER OF BUREAUCRACY!!!! As someone who mayyy go into government in the future and has also been very very interested in government, this was super great to see. More scifi lawyers please!!! I need this.
6. Super glad I read the Imperial Radch trilogy before reading this book, though a reread right before would have been the best thing to do. I wanted to join in on the excitement of favorite characters returning but I forgot almost everyone but Breq and Seivarden :( But there was a little mention of Breq!!!!! I was very excited about that. No babygirl Seivarden though :(
7. BODY HORROR I ALMOST FORGOT. I was NOT expecting the intense body horror but I was SUCH A FAN!!!!!!!!!! God I lovedddddd all the body melting and melding and gore. It made me feel a little sick but I loved it so much. My god the next time I need some serious body horror I am going to give this book a reread.
8. Made me so happy that Enae was middle-aged <33333 I am not old by any means but I am very aware of how quickly I am getting there and so I have been wishing to read more books with older characters. I like 20-something year old characters now, but I am sure that when I get a little older it will be a little sad to only read about characters who are much younger than I am. It's already weird reading YA books where the main characters are 16-18. Very strange.
Anyways, I will be recommending this book to everyone, all my friends, strangers on the street, new classmates, etc etc. I won't stop bothering people about this book until everyone reads it and tells me that they loved it. Everyone go borrow this book at your local library/buy a copy/ask me to borrow my copy (when I get a copy!!!! It's going to happen some time. I'm going to be in a bookstore ((dangerous)), have a little extra spending money, not enough self-control, and maybe have an enabler friend by my side, and it's going to happen. I know it.). Read this book.
Ok I am back because I had a bad day and I want to talk about this book that I loved so much. I had to wait a little bit before 5 starring it because I didn't want the immediate post-book high to influence my review but I have been thinking about this book So Much and I loved it so much when I read it. So into the 5 star tier it goes :~)
Reasons I love this book so dearly:
2. Again, Reet my absolute beloved. This may be showing my hand a bit but he was immediately boosted into my top-tier characters when he was actively having a conversation with someone and all he was thinking of was "God I wish I were at home, watching my favorite TV show, and eating dumplings." I have had that exact thought process SO MANY TIMES!!!! I have a designated mind room that I like to imagine I am in when I am in situations that I desperately do not want to be in. Reet I am shaking your hand SO HARD!!!! Also, you know, the whole feeling out of place, thoughts of vivisection, and complicated feelings about family. Man. It was like Ann Leckie looked right into my brain and made a character/book out of it. Also, giant, massive, transgender parallels. Just, so much gender parallels, everywhere. My god.
3. REET AND QVEN QPR!!!!!!!!! NOT REALLY BUT LET ME HAVE THIS!!!!!!!!!
4. Qven "eat things you really aren't supposed to" LastName (I forgot if e has a last name) How many times have I been so incredibly into a piece of media that I have dreamed of eating its physical form (CD, book, DVD, cassette tape, etc etc). Again, Ann Leckie brain look write book I read book it is such a mirror. This review is getting less comprehensible as it goes on.
5. THE POWER OF BUREAUCRACY!!!! As someone who mayyy go into government in the future and has also been very very interested in government, this was super great to see. More scifi lawyers please!!! I need this.
6. Super glad I read the Imperial Radch trilogy before reading this book, though a reread right before would have been the best thing to do. I wanted to join in on the excitement of favorite characters returning but I forgot almost everyone but Breq and Seivarden :( But there was a little mention of Breq!!!!! I was very excited about that. No babygirl Seivarden though :(
7. BODY HORROR I ALMOST FORGOT. I was NOT expecting the intense body horror but I was SUCH A FAN!!!!!!!!!! God I lovedddddd all the body melting and melding and gore. It made me feel a little sick but I loved it so much. My god the next time I need some serious body horror I am going to give this book a reread.
8. Made me so happy that Enae was middle-aged <33333 I am not old by any means but I am very aware of how quickly I am getting there and so I have been wishing to read more books with older characters. I like 20-something year old characters now, but I am sure that when I get a little older it will be a little sad to only read about characters who are much younger than I am. It's already weird reading YA books where the main characters are 16-18. Very strange.
Anyways, I will be recommending this book to everyone, all my friends, strangers on the street, new classmates, etc etc. I won't stop bothering people about this book until everyone reads it and tells me that they loved it. Everyone go borrow this book at your local library/buy a copy/ask me to borrow my copy (when I get a copy!!!! It's going to happen some time. I'm going to be in a bookstore ((dangerous)), have a little extra spending money, not enough self-control, and maybe have an enabler friend by my side, and it's going to happen. I know it.). Read this book.