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A review by dreamingandendless
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
adventurous
funny
reflective
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
4.0
The end of a very enjoyable trilogy. Suspense throughout the book remains quite high until the very end. The stakes are higher!
There is good character development yet I feel that the ending was just ok. Looking back at it, the pieces were set for the ending, but I didn't particularly like the execution of it. Lecky is ex ellent at the slow burn and good at bursts of intense action. As a seasoned short story writer she doesn't use more words than necessary to bring across what she wants to say. I feel like she mistook conciseness with brevity on the ending and much like Breq, quickly slapped together a provisional way to end the story, which she then stuck to.
Everything up until the provisional ending is very good though. I would heartily recommend and I hope Lecky has managed to keep on honing her "conclusion-skills" with her next novels.
Things that I really liked:
- So much more Presger Translator goodness. A very fun character that adds much appreciated comic relief
- fleshing out AIs' personalities to a much further extent. Especially Sphene.
- Seivarden's dealings with addiction
I really liked the series apart from the end, can't wait to read more of her work
There is good character development yet I feel that the ending was just ok. Looking back at it, the pieces were set for the ending, but I didn't particularly like the execution of it. Lecky is ex ellent at the slow burn and good at bursts of intense action. As a seasoned short story writer she doesn't use more words than necessary to bring across what she wants to say. I feel like she mistook conciseness with brevity on the ending and much like Breq, quickly slapped together a provisional way to end the story, which she then stuck to.
Everything up until the provisional ending is very good though. I would heartily recommend and I hope Lecky has managed to keep on honing her "conclusion-skills" with her next novels.
Things that I really liked:
- So much more Presger Translator goodness. A very fun character that adds much appreciated comic relief
- fleshing out AIs' personalities to a much further extent. Especially Sphene.
- Seivarden's dealings with addiction
I really liked the series apart from the end, can't wait to read more of her work