The second book in this series by Becky Chambers, I was much more taken with the first book than by this one. The alien species she has come up with, the universe she has constructed is wonderfully interesting, I love how she plays with gender with the aliens both in the first book and in this one. But where the first book had a sense of adventure -- even though the main Task of the book wasn't really what the book was about -- this book feels more like two novellas linked together at the end. Of the two, I found the story of Jane way more interesting; I'd hit a chapter break and be back in the Sidra story line and be impatient to get back to Jane. It's definitely not in the "scifi adventure" style! I can see from the other reviews that other people are thrilled with the focus on the human elements in these two stories, I'm guessing mostly the Sidra one, but that really didn't grab me here. I don't think I'd recommend this second book to friends, to be honest, but I'm definitely reading the next in the series if there is another. I can see a lot of room for interesting stories in the universe she has constructed.