Ann Leckie
Paperback | Pages: 330 pages Rating: 4.21 | 30520 Users | 2627 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #3) |
| Author | : | Ann Leckie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 330 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 2015 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
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For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist—someone who might be a refugee from a ship that's been hiding beyond the empire's reach for three thousand years. In the meantime a messenger from the alien and mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai—ruler of an empire that's at war with itself.Anaander is heavily armed and extremely unhappy with Breq. She could take her ship and crew and flee, but that would leave everyone at Athoek in terrible danger.
Breq has a desperate plan. The odds aren't good, but that's never stopped her before.
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| Original Title: | Ancillary Mercy |
| ISBN: | 0356502422 (ISBN13: 9780356502427) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Imperial Radch #3 |
| Characters: | Breq, Anaander Mianaai, Seivarden Vendaai |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2016), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2015), Locus Award for Best SF Novel (2016), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Traduction (2017), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015) Dragon Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2016) |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 30520 Users | 2627 ReviewsNotice Based On Books Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #3)
Loved, loved, loved this book and this series. I loved how Breq dealt with problem after problem, and how the relationships progressed with Breq, Mercy, Station, Sphene, and the Swords. There were numerous funny interactions with Zeiat, which I enjoyed for their strangeness. My favourite parts, though, of this book were the conversations about autonomy and consent. I liked how the AIs approached their responsibilities, and how they dealt with threats, and their feelings about duty and aboutI'll admit, after Ancillary Sword, I wasn't sure Leckie could wrap up the story in just one remaining volume. But, man, what a treat Ancillary Mercy is. It's satisfying and clever, full of laughs and real, tangible tension. A terrific conclusion to the trilogy, and easily one of the year's best books.
I have to say this book puts the previous one in an entirely new and better light. I was left with Ancillary Sword being somehow a lot *less* than Ancillary Justice, but that's only because I had missed it's true purpose and eventual outcome, which, thankfully, became extremely pleasant in this third novel.You know how it is, the curse of the middle novel. Less action, more buildup, slower and more subtle. Okay, maybe the themes weren't very subtle at all, revolving as it had upon the hinges of
This is more of the same explorations of artificial intelligence and distributed consciousness in a space opera plot of resistance of a colony against machinations of an all-powerful interstellar emperor. Our hero of the first two installment, Breq, has a human body but the lingering mindset of the AI she was integrated with as a slave ancillary for over 1,000 years by implants making her one of many co-conscious crew members on a military ship. When the many-cloned emperor Rausch undergoes a
The Good:I dont have anything to add that I havent already said in reviews of the previous two books in this series. The overwhelming impression of this book is one of thoughtfulness. There are big ideas done well, the setting and the story are plausible, and the characters are interesting. The book is easy to read, with some decent action and comic relief on the side.The Bad:Not that the ending was disappointing, but it was an extremely gentle landing. This slow burn was a teensy bit too slow
I am sincerely glad that there are readers who are happy with books two and three, giving it 5 star reviews and re-reads. I'm not one of them and I feel like someone looking at translator Dlique who's about to swallow yet another live goldfish.It took me whole month to get to this review. First of all, I was too busy and second of all, I wanted to distance myself from the book a little bit. I thought it would help to maybe get some more, hm, let's say objectivity and settle down the huge
Is it wrong to ask for more space and more opera in a space opera?My goodness, what a chore, this book was. The trilogy started out quite good, telling of a tyrannical vast sprawling empire with fascinating intelligent ships and ancillaries. The second book has a much smaller scope with local political squabbles tinted with racism, class conflicts etc. Both ended alright. The third book....well all I got from this were pages of negligible, tedious relationships between emotional junior officers
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