attentiondeficitohlookasquirrel:
“nona the ninth should have been the intro to alecto” to YOU. i think becoming intimately acquainted with the people especially children of this setting and the struggles they face and the ways in which their priorities are small and intimate and far removed from the galaxy-shattering events happening to and around them and then watching as the protagonist and her loved ones are wrenched away from their tenuous peace due to forces and history that have been out of their control for 10000 years is does necessitate like 500 pages actually
i’m on the fence here. It was painfully slow, but it was very interesting to see a slice of life outside the core of the Empire, on this nowhere colony world, get an idea of how the system of exploitation actually affects people on the ground
taz could push me around the worlds biggest walmart in a squeaky threewheeled shopping cart for nine hours if she wanted.