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More like 3.5 ⭐️’s.

3.5 stars. Doesn’t carry the same heft or majesty that the original Imperial Radch trilogy does, but it’s still an interesting (yet smaller) tale set in the same universe. I might have to read it again because I feel like I missed some of the nuances that Leckie was trying to convey. As a storyteller, she is a consummate shower, not a teller. So you simply can’t blink while you’re reading her work or you will fail to get points that she’s conveying in the narrative. I do love that she maintains her thematic focus on politics and culture rather than relying on the clichéd action set pieces that you find sometimes in other sci-fi literature.

3.5 stars. A book whose premise and message I loved, but the writing style and execution of the plot were not my thing.

Alas, a DNF. Came in expecting one thing, got another.

4.25 ⭐️, really. Fascinating to see perspectives from those close to the band, but I feel like most of them still don’t know how to treat Ian Curtis’s death by suicide. So much misguided speculation about his reasons when suicide is usually the result of someone completely losing hope about everything. Calling his death “selfish” is less than helpful.