Homer's Travels: Book: Becky Chambers' "A Prayer For The Crown-Shy"

Thursday, August 01, 2024

Book: Becky Chambers' "A Prayer For The Crown-Shy"

The sixth book read this year was Becky Chamber's novella "A Prayer for the Crown-Shy" a sequel to her "Psalm for the Wild-Built".  While the first book had a human entering the wilds of the robots, the second book brings the robot to the human world.

The book is the story of a friendship.  A friendship that started in the first book but becomes more solid as the human and robot travel together.  Like the other books by this author this is a book of characters, not action.  It is a journey of discovery.  A travelling meditation upon friendship and the meaning of need, want, and being okay.

I enjoyed the simplicity of this book.  You just traveled alongside these two individuals listening to their musings.

I gave this book four stars out of five on Goodreads.  Thank you for the gentle read.

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