Ancillary Justice

Ugh, Ann Leckie. You’ve done it again. So incredibly good. Very often I found myself staring into space just listening. Wonderful wonderful narration by Adjoa Andoh as well! So perfect for the story! A million stars out of five.

like Tolkien with nature, Cixin Liu with physics, and George RR Martin with clothes, Ann Leckie creates an immersive and fully realised world with culture, and the way cultures change, through assimilation and/or resistance under imperialism. The exploration of personhood, embodiment, and agency through AI is a staple of sci Fi, but never before has it been as thorough, and nuanced as this series. Adjoa Andoh is the perfect talent to bring this series to life, her skill with accents brings the cultural mosiac of The Radch to life in a way that added so much more dimension to this story than when I first read it, making this audiobook one that truly adds value to written text.