joël reviewed Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as …
Review of 'Ancillary Mercy' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The long-awaited (well, by me at least) end of the "Imperial Radch"-Trilogy did not cease to amaze. While "Justice" was a deep insight into the mind of the fleet carrier AI now known as Breq, "Sword" showed one small tea-growing world inside the vastness of the Radch imperium. "Mercy" is different; the pace is faster, all-knowing Breq is sometimes cut off from Ship's information, there is less singing and … even if everything is much more dangerous, the book is funnier. Leckie gives us complicated board games, fire fights in space, rebelling AIs and a conclusion which gives closure, but begs for yet another sequel.
I loved the translator, the loved the other ships and I was very happy that my fear Leckie wouldn't be able to give the series a good end was not justified. The story feels rather small, but I guess that's part of the lesson and …
The long-awaited (well, by me at least) end of the "Imperial Radch"-Trilogy did not cease to amaze. While "Justice" was a deep insight into the mind of the fleet carrier AI now known as Breq, "Sword" showed one small tea-growing world inside the vastness of the Radch imperium. "Mercy" is different; the pace is faster, all-knowing Breq is sometimes cut off from Ship's information, there is less singing and … even if everything is much more dangerous, the book is funnier. Leckie gives us complicated board games, fire fights in space, rebelling AIs and a conclusion which gives closure, but begs for yet another sequel.
I loved the translator, the loved the other ships and I was very happy that my fear Leckie wouldn't be able to give the series a good end was not justified. The story feels rather small, but I guess that's part of the lesson and the story Ann Leckie is trying to tell. Would recommend to everybody who loves Sci-Fi and everybody who doesn't mind that good fiction is taking place in space.
