Felicia's Reviews > Ancillary Sword

Why only 4/5? What was the drawback?

Sounds interesting. Just finishing up the Commonwealth saga by Hamilton and could use some sci-fi that's a little more personal and smaller in scope.

Agreed - I think this one was better as well. I like how it honed the focus down and really brought out Breq's humanity - and her vision of what humanity should be.

I like the sound of it too,I am also just finishing the 39 clues book six doomsday

once upon a time there was a princess and a prince for he had the faith of an important secret. The prince's name was Monique and the princesse's name was Rose. They had 3 days to get married'

Don't you understand that there is no way to stop the dragon? Don't you know that we are being tore apart lim from lim? Don't you know that we must leave this village? Yes i do' but that should not stop you or me. No. it should not stop me all.Your right. But' don't you know that your mother is dead? Yes i do know thNoat.What kind of queation is that? Well' you see I've been lonely for the past few days. Well' actually like a few weeks. I suppose i'd better go ahead and leave.
Are you gonna try to go in my room and take my money to go to the trade shop?
No i am going to go to the bar and get me a nice long beer.I don't beleive you. your gonna still the money that i earned.And your gonna go to the bar and buy a beer with my money. you are so silly and weirdly. your not getting my money British sir. Good day for you British sir.

i loved the book so ya why 4/5 stars

manu are cool wanna be my freind

and yeah why 4/5 stars

This was nominated for a Nebula. added to my reading wishlist.

This is 'old wine in a new bottle' for the author. I've *much* prefer something new, than her re-cycling her previous book.

J

This book is great, and the whole series is fantastic too. But IMO saying that its better than Ancillary Justice is just a little too much. Ancillary Sword is way more slow and boring and why the hell Seivarden is not here?.

Hi

Felicia: I love all your work, from 'Dr. Horrible' to your role-play in the Fate system with Wil, John, and Ryan. But, after reading this novel, I feel I have to tell you that, "so you don't question things as much in your head" is not praise of a Science Fiction novel, but a damning condemnation. And by definition, world building is the "every planet and ship and technical science thing in the world" stuff, so when that stuff goes away or fails to live up to scrutiny, the world building isn't "wonderful". I agree with you that this book focuses more on characters, and that's potentially fine. I just don't agree with you that that shift actually succeeded, and that the author was able to demonstrate the delicate and nuanced touch necessary to write a character focused drama. She was I think actually better when she focused more on ideas, as in the prior novel.

Felicia, I loved this book so much. I agree it was better than the first one. There was so much going on in this and I loved Breq so much I quit trying to figure out if she was male or female. There wasn’t as much action in this but Breq is growing so much as a person. Great review.

Little confused with all the comments thinking 4/5 isn't an amazing rating.