I wasn’t expecting much, and my expectations were met. The story is ok, the setting is ok, the characters are ok, the writing is ok. But none are more than ok. I found the intergalactic politics confusing and rather boring, but I know there are those who like that sort of thing. I was confused by the setting: notionally a decade into the future, but somehow the character of Joyce is from a decade (or more) in the past. The paucity of mentions of social media is baffling, especially at the denouement. The knitting motif is a bit hit and miss: sometimes it is the core of Joyce’s being, but then we’ll go for chapters with no mention. It could have been used more. It’s probably only 2 and a half stars really.