That said, Becky Chambers still managed to punch me in the gut a few times by having Sidra write, and then delete, several emails to Jenks. However, I found that once Lovelace chooses a new name for herself, and becomes Sidra, I was able to settle into the story of her life on Port Coriol, and her new friendships with Pepper and Blue. Lovey is dead, and this new AI has no relationship to the crew of the Wayfarer, and finds herself in a body that she agreed to inhabit, but did not choose for herself, so that she can leave the Wayfarer and its crew to grieve in peace. I became surprisingly invested in the romance between Jenks and Lovey, and their plan to get Lovey a body kit, so I wasn’t sure how I felt about following a character who was Lovelace, but was decidedly not Lovey. Throughout it all, she has to wonder, is it really worth having a body? Or would she be better off back in a ship, as her designers intended?Īfter really enjoying The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, I was both excited and hesitant to read this follow up. While she and Pepper search for a solution, she must carefully hide her true nature, while also learning how to live in a body, without constant access to the Linkings, or the ability to see from multiple cameras at all times. She cannot lie, she cannot alter her own code, and she must respond to direct commands. But the code that governs her comes with some protocols that threaten to expose the truth about her origins. Away from the Wayfarer, she is free of the expectations and grief of her old installation’s friends, and she can begin to adjust to life in a body kit, rather than a ship. The new installation of the AI known as Lovelace has left the Wayfarer and her crew behind to mourn, and joined Pepper and Blue on Port Coriol to build a new life for herself. But nobody would find her bones in the scrapyard. She would die someday-no getting around that. “ As Jane headed back home, she decided something, and she knew it better than she’d ever known anything.
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