How do you begin to describe one of the most humble and uniquely beautiful experiences you've ever had? This book was so profound. I have learned things about myself and about life. Honestly how can so many eye opening examples be in just two short books? I am astounded.

It's silly I wasn't even done reading and I wanted to start again from the beginning. The world building was so well done I could picture things without being prompted. But honestly I had to be in the right atmosphere with this one. Every word was meaningful to me and I didn’t want to be distracted by the real world. So often, even when I wanted to continue, I had to put the book aside. It was the first time I felt like a story deserved better than to be read with errant noises clouding my vision.

So on one hand you have profound introspective words, and on the other is this non-binary, sometimes irritable, often cursing character. Haha It makes for a realistic yet dreamlike story. Mosscap was such a wonderful contrast to the human thinking. Often it just debunked all we have thought about living and striving for more. I admired these two characters a great deal.

Again the messages were on point. I feel like this could be read a hundred times and each time you will see a different way of reasoning. Like when something doesn't make you happy anymore take a break from it. Come back later.

Obviously I'm a cartographer at heart. I will never not want a map even if it's just of a city or a house the protagonist never leaves. Mosscap and Dex traveled all over this moon and I wanted to follow their patterns. This was my only complaint and I feel like there was great potential here especially with the solarpunk type world.

I could not cope when I got to the end and figured out this was a duology. I was not ready to let it go. In the end I felt like I had lost a friend. From this point on I will buy and read a restaurant menu if Becky Chambers writes it.

-----Favorite Quotes-----

"Wonderfully neat. Though a little prescriptive, don't you think?"
"How so?"
"Well, there's no spontaneity in your journey, then, is there? If you are focused on moving on from sign to sign, there's no opportunity for happy accidents."

"Yes we do," Mosscap said decisively. "I'm here to meet humanity, and these people you've described are just as much a part of it as you are. I wouldn't be doing a very good job of pursuing my quest if I only welcomed the parts that were fun."

"You'll make sure she gets a copy?" Mosscap confirmed, unbothered by the grubby fingers slamming against it's eyes. "So that when she starts making memories, she'll know we're already friends?"

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