![]() ![]() She's interested in writing real people who have real consequences from their actions. She was very into Middle Eastern religion when she wrote this trilogy, and spent six years beforehand researching war. She's the type of person interested in what makes societies what they are, and who puts all of the negativity of strict gender roles into this book, unflinching. Here's two things you should probably know before you purchase this book: Kameron Hurley is a Feminist, capital F, the kind that doesn't want women to be men with breasts. The narrative and the narration flow so well together that I didn't experience any of that disconnect you sometimes feel in an audiobook. ![]() Or, you could simply read it for the action, the pacing, the unique sci-fi world building and the interesting story. You should read this book and appreciate it for the nuanced examination of social structures, belief and the affect of war on the human psyche. complex, morally ambiguous, someone who I could believe as a scarred war veteran. ![]() It explores questions of gender, religion, morality, violence, war, bio-engineering and what it means to be human. The true beauty and success of the narrative is that the book does this without becoming preachy. This is one of those rare sci-fi novels that uses the genre to explore our own culture and assumptions by turning them on their head in a far-flung fictional world. ![]()
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