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Just finished reading the Imperial Radch trilogy (Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy) by Ann Leckie - thoughts? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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I really enjoyed all three books. They managed to do the galactic empire thing without getting overly bogged down in politics, and character development was interesting. I thought Leckie did a good job of conveying an extended AI in multiple bodies, and a solitary form (avoiding spoilers).

I read these not long after reading the first five Murderbot Diaries books, and I wonder if the Radch books might have been an influence on Wells. Some of the themes felt a little similar, while the stories were quite different.

Anyone read them? Liked it disliked, and why?

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[–] irdc@derp.foo 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve read them too. I thoroughly enjoyed Justice, but had trouble finishing Mercy because it just failed to engage me.

[–] rthmchgs@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same here. The first book was great, the second and third didn't grab me as much.

[–] irdc@derp.foo 3 points 1 year ago

I liked the concepts in Sword and Mercy though. The various species and their oddities and taboos, the technology, the characters. It’s just that somehow you can feel that Leckie didn’t have as much of a clear goal in mind where the story was going.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I actually wish they could have dwelled more on the final act of Mercy, with how the treaty played into it (avoiding spoilers). That concept itself was interesting, and all of the three books really played into it.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The conflict in Mercy wasn't as anxious for me, but I did like it. And, unsurprisingly, it felt like more of an ending than the others (the three books really are like one continuous story in a lot of ways - more so than other series I've read).