Cameron Reed’s What We Are Seeking
Interesting sci-fi novel about a doctor who gets sent to a planet whose settlers have a very different culture than his own (he’s from a queer-normative matriarchal poly society, and they’re largely homophobic Christians, bc hod forbid we imagine a future without homophobic Christians). There’s a whole thing with a Jain translator who’s going to learn to speak with the planet’s locals, and lots of interesting characters and relationships and genders come into play, and there’s someone from Earth who’s part of some sort of hive mind (shades of Pluribus). Like I said, it was very /interesting/, but I didn’t find it particularly /satisfying/. Like it kind of forgot about one of the main plot lines for like big stretches so the end was kind of anti-climactic? But I loved everything with Iren and maybe would have preferred a book with just that stuff? Jo Walton loved it so it’s probably just me. A-/B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in April.
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