Paperback, 448 pages
Spanish language
Published Feb. 17, 2020 by Insólita Editorial.
Lovelace era la inteligencia artificial de la peregrina, una nave tuneladora. Tras despertar se en un nuevo cuerpo sintético después de un traumático fenicio y borrado de memoria, tendrá que empezar desde cero en un mundo donde los de su clase son considerados ilegales. Nunca se ha sentido tan sola. Pepper, una de las ingenieras que arriesgan su vida para reinstalar a Lovelace, se ha comprometido a ayudar le a adaptaron a su nueva vida. Porque Pepper sabe algunas cosas acerca de empezar desde cero. Juntas, Pepper y Lovey descubrirán que, aunque el universo sea un lugar inabarcable, dos personas pueden ser suficientes para llenarlo.
Loved the concept, but the story kept hitting the same plot beats. I liked it overall, but it still felt a little disappointing coming off of the first Wayfarer book.
Thoroughly enjoyed the worldbuilding and the story, but I felt like I had to do the work to relate to the characters. They both start off at points in their lives that are unique, interesting - and hard to wrap my head around. The author does a great job giving them distinct voices and letting them grow over time, but I just found them too far removed to really get into the book.
The secondary characters, however! I really loved reading about them from the perspectives of the protagonists, and as always, the interactions are wonderfully crafted.
Chambers is a great author and I love immersing myself into her universes.
More feel-good scifi. (No spoilers:) It's Pepper backstory, and another minor character from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I think this one benefits a lot from taking it slowly and focussing on just two characters.
I absolutely adored this book. I realise that part of this is that it was a perfect little escape while I was stuck at home with covid, but I do also think it's really wonderful.
It has some similar strengths to the first in the series, in that it's mostly about the relationships between a few outcast characters that become a chosen family and just happen to be in space. But if anything I think it's better written (I guess Chambers getting into her stride with book 2), and benefits from being a more focussed story of a smaller number of characters. And has some weightier things to say about embodiment, the tension between fitting in and freedom, and loyalty & reciprocity.
I am excited about the rest of the series.
A wonderful sequel
This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!
A wonderful sequel
This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!
