Memory

Miles Vorkosigan is used to having difficulties with his physical body ??? he makes up for this by being smarter than almost everyone around him. But in Memory, for the first time Miles is dealing with mental handicaps, too. So is his boss, Simon Illyan. This story is painful as we watch these two brilliant men have to give up the parts of themselves that they think define them. In fact, this happens for other characters, too. It takes a little while to get going, but in the end there???s a lot of change for everyone in Memory.

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It started off with a bang, then it slowed down for a bit before it really got going again. It's a transitional book in the series so I wouldn't recommend starting here, but out of the ones I've read so far it's one of my favorites (Barrayar being the other favorite).

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Look, when Alix E. Harrow tells us all to read something, you can be damn sure it's going on my tbr, dubious vintage cover or not.