A review by hotmesslibrary
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

What a fun collection of musings! Each story caused me to contemplate some of life's bigger questions, which I enjoyed so much! I can't wait to go back and reread these incredible tales. 

I loved each one for such vastly different reasons. As a lover of words and a constant reflector, The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling was so impactful. The Lifecycle of Software Objects was also validating as a girl who apologizes to walls when I run into them hahaha. Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny reminded me of the dark humor/life lessons found in English classics. I could go on and on for each story!

Something that Ted did that I so hope becomes more common practice in short stories, was his notes on his inspiration! His mind is fascinating!