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devilinlaw
Posted 2015-11-16 11:08 PM (#11853 - in reply to #11836)
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spectru - 2015-11-16 4:55 AM

devilinlaw - 2015-11-07 1:19 PM Yeah, I haven't been able to really sink my teeth into Mercy it yet due to my scheduling constraints but this weekend is going to be all about the Radch.

devilinlaw - I read your review of Ancillary Mercy. You mentioned that your favorite character was Presger Translator Zeiat. Having heard the audiobook, I didn't know how to spell her name, and she had the most annoying voice.



That is most unfortunate. Perhaps I would have found her less enjoyable had her voice been annoying? I'm not sure, but I loved her absolute...alieness. It was very clear that whatever their appearances may be, the Presger Translators are not human at all. Dlique, in Sword, was more mischievous than Zeiat and I loved how she was very visibly relieved that she was not Dlique but rather Zeiat. I found the whole Presger view and treatment of humans and their translators fascinating. Not only was a it a bit of comedic relief but it has bleak pitilessness right beneath the surface. Zeait ends up helping Breq and company as much out of her own self interest as for any other reason.

Edited by devilinlaw 2015-11-16 11:10 PM

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