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devilinlaw
Posted 2015-10-31 6:18 PM (#11644 - in reply to #11638)
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dustydigger - 2015-10-31 12:09 PM
Spectru,I too really enjoyed it,actually perhaps more than the first book,as I often got irritated with the gender obfuscation,which was overdone IMO. Sword was able to fix much more on plot and characters,with a more straightforward story,not fancy literary frills.. Looking forward to Ancillary Mercy.whenever it finally arrives in my library. There were precisely two copies of Justice,one copy of Sword available,so fingers crossed we even get Mercy . lol. The hardback wont even come out here in UK till January 2016,and any library edition even later


I have Ancillary Mercy on the hold shelf waiting for me at my library but due to my work schedule clashing with the schedule of the library, I won't be able to pick it up until Tuesday evening (today is Saturday). I'm itching to read it since Leckie did such a great job building the culture of the Radch so intricately in Sword. As far as the "gender obfuscation" in Justice, you should read this answer she gave to a reader question about Radch gender neutrality on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/questions/202347-while-i-understand-the-co...

I think her perspective is thought-provoking but I can also sympathize with your point of view, especially in Justice, where we are introduced to the cultural of the Radch for the first time. Sword was able to ditch a lot of the confusing pronoun games of Justice since it takes place entirely in Radchaai space, unlike Justice.

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