[finnh]

Definitely don't read the most recent one, Translation Space. It's some very bad "I like you but I don't know how to say it!" YA-vein tropes and the climactic scene is, essentially, people walking around a circular hallway a couple times.

It was so bad it caused me to re-read the original three, and I realized that only the first was one was any good.

[HelloMcFly]

> the climactic scene is, essentially, people walking around a circular hallway a couple times

I feel like once you decide you don't like something, it's very easy to get reductionist about it in a way that makes it sound stupid or trite even if the reductionist statement is true. This summary to me is a quintessential example.

I liked the book alright, but certainly not enough to get into a debate about it. If you liked Leckie's other work, you'll probably find something to like here too, no matter your feelings on hallways. But maybe not!

[human_person]

Its probably my least favorite of all of her books but I liked the approach to describing an additional dimension. And the idea of the alien translators grown in human bodies and the development of a species/culture

[petesergeant]

Translation Space was not an interesting book to me, where I remember sincerely enjoying the first three.

[lproven]

It took me a while to find this, because the title is in fact Translation State.