This is YA. Why isn’t it classified as such on Goodreads? It would’ve been nice to know ahead of time, to set my expectations.

Anyhow, it was fun at times, even sweet. Lots of complex mental states. Interesting side threads on the nature of consciousness, but nothing as sophisticated or thought-provoking as [b:Ancillary Justice|17333324|Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1)|Ann Leckie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1397215917l/17333324.SY75.jpg|24064628]. And, Leckie has been reading [b:Murderbot|32758901|All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)|Martha Wells|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631585309l/32758901.SY75.jpg|53349516], and those bits of influence worked really well here.

The pronouns were irritating beyond belief: a complete U-turn from the wonderful pronouns of her first books. But I get it, it’s YA, and as I predicted we get to learn Very Important Lessons later in the book. (And it was okay. The book is infused with well-done kindness). YA isn’t my thing, but this is a book I would totally recommend to any teenager.