Ratings66
Average rating3.9
This is a philosophical parable masked as an SF dystopia narrated by a former house servant who is also a robot. It's likeable, with some genuinely funny stuff, but it's overlong. There's just not enough content to sustain the length. Tchaikovsky has done some really good work at novella length in the last few years, and I do wonder if this would have been better off fitting into that strand of his work.