Odd, confusing, thoughtful, exciting are all good adjectives for describing how I felt at various times. But my final thought is "wow, I will be reading this again!"

I was impressed with the depiction of Breq as a ship's AI. It is confusing, at times, but once you understand what is going on and why, it makes sense. I also thought the importance, or lack of importance, of gender playful. At first I tried to guess the gender of characters, but after a while I found that I didn't care, because it didn't actually matter. There are many characters that you may ascribe as one or the other. I think that may provide insight into your expectations around gender than anything else, that I thought was fun.

Ultimately I found the story of a ship's AI the most interesting, as I find myself wondering what, exactly, is humanity, what is love? And how will we draw the lines of humanity in the future?

As I said, I'll likely be reading this again, quite possibly soon.