Turns out I had read this book before, but only realised when I started reading, and had nothing else to read but still wanted to read, so I read it anyway. Then I continued to read it and completed it.
Read it over 7 hours in about two sittings, quite a record for me, probably because:
1. It was a really good book and I want another Ann Leckie book.
2. I hadn't read in a while so I was excited.
3. I had read this book before so I didn't stop to think through plot points so much or Google words.
I loved how the book spun so many things together so well (though my mind wasn't able to comprehend some of it), and it was also somewhat interesting how I reacted slightly differently to e.g. the romance portions, having experienced more as an older person. I also remembered quite a portion of it, though still less memorable than the Imperial Radch series.
And lastly, I felt a similarity between Ingray and myself when she was asked to be Netano and rejected it because she knew she would never be one. It made me think back about a rather recent interview I had in army when I also turned down an opportunity, saying that my heart was not in the army, though of course my journey and actions along the way have been nowhere near as extraordinary as Ingray.
I'm going to go borrow another Ann Leckie book if I can, and maybe sometime I will reread the Imperial Radch series.
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