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Sisters of the Forsaken Stars
Jan. 16th, 2024 01:54 pmSisters of the Forsaken Stars, by Lina Rather (2022), 2/52 #TBR #52BookChallenge, finished at the family cabin in Wisconsin on MLK weekend.
This SF novella is all about the *aftermath* of a ship of nuns making a politically difficult, morally necessary choice to save a colony from an intentionally deadly plague, making powerful enemies, and losing a lot of people anyway. That all happened in the first book. This is very much the second book in a series (and I didn’t read the first). It is full of angst, indecision, grief, and consequences. People who enjoyed Sisters of the Vast Black might want to read this sequel to see how different characters cope afterward, and this would be a satisfying read in that way. But it really doesn’t stand on its own. I did enjoy the wonder-filled descriptions of the liveships and their biology, though!
This SF novella is all about the *aftermath* of a ship of nuns making a politically difficult, morally necessary choice to save a colony from an intentionally deadly plague, making powerful enemies, and losing a lot of people anyway. That all happened in the first book. This is very much the second book in a series (and I didn’t read the first). It is full of angst, indecision, grief, and consequences. People who enjoyed Sisters of the Vast Black might want to read this sequel to see how different characters cope afterward, and this would be a satisfying read in that way. But it really doesn’t stand on its own. I did enjoy the wonder-filled descriptions of the liveships and their biology, though!