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It's not like this was bad, it just wasn't super gripping and I kind of expected a larger story from Leckie. I think there were a lot of really interesting world-building elements here about how the aliens process time and space and the resulting ways they view humans but that stuff is sort of the backdrop for Leckie's exploration of character issues revolving around trauma and loneliness and making choices. Those dramas are interesting too but overall the book felt too small for a space book.