Ancillary Justice

By: Ann Leckie

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards: This record-breaking novel follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey.

"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren -- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.

Very well written but too slow for me

Hard to grasp what is going on at the beginning since all the names are too similar. One thing I think this needs changing is how to tell when we're on a different scene. I found myself very lost at times before I realized the location changed to another planet 10 years later or something.

Longer than it had to be

I know this novel is near the top of almost everyone’s SF reading or recommendation lists- and to be fair, it is definitely worthy of such accolades. I just wish the writing could have been tighter and the characters a bit more dynamic. Honestly, I could not listen to this in the evening because it put me to sleep. That’s not to say the reader was poor; in fact, she was very satisfactory. However, because there was so much 1st person exposition (main character thinking to herself), the reading was sometimes fairly monotonous.

Great story

Really enjoyed it. Slow start but it is very well written and performed. Great read!!

Brilliant from the first word to the last

I can see why this book won so many awards. There is not one false step. Not one out-of-character action for the sake of a plot point. Not one pause for a data dump. The description of the worlds and societies grows organically as the story moves forward and it is all so real that you never question it for a moment. The action, whether physical, political, social or personal, feels completely authentic. Book 2, here I come!

Unexpectedly Intriguing

I’m not sure what I was expecting by the title at description, but it blew them away. I’ll admit it was a little hard to follow at first, some of the words being very alien (intentionally I’m sure) and not having a book in front of me to visualize the words. However, once the story got going, it really pulled me in. I think I binged half the book in one setting.

I really enjoyed the main character, and the narration was some of the best I’ve heard in an audiobook. Each character was very distinctly narrated, you could always tell who was talking at any given moment. Just wonderful voice acting,

While the words can be alien, the concepts are very easy to understand, much unlike some other sci-fi I’ve read. The technology isn’t so futuristic to be unrecognizable, rather fairly easy to visualize. The cultures and way that the author utilizes languages in this book is fascinating and incredibly intriguing.

Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone, regardless of whether sci-fi is your cup of tea or not.