Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 5/11/2019 + 1032 more book reviews

I'd call this socio-political-first contact SF, I think. It's a look at what happens when your concept of what's "human" has to radically change if you're going to survive. I thought Arnason did a great job of making both the humans and the hwarhath sympathetic and relatable. I liked the problem that she set up too - how will these two species manage to find a way to avoid a fight, if their conceptions are so completely at odds? I don't know if I believe so much in the strictly homosexual society of the hwarhath - how old would a species have to be in order to lose the drive to reproduce naturally? But still, I read it in one sitting, which I don't usually do for a book that's mostly dialogue with not much action.

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