Book Review of "Payer for the Crown-Shy - Monk & Robot #2"

"You don’t have to have a reason to be tired. You don’t have to earn rest or comfort. You’re allowed to just be. I say that wherever I go.”

Having enjoyed the first book in the Monk & the Robot series, I picked up the second one - “A Prayer for the Crown-Shy” - hoping to get more of the thought-provoking philosophical discussions between a fully sentient robot and a monk, but what I got was less discussions and a whole lot more of a commune-like world building - which I admit was slightly annoying to me. I still enjoyed this book and will pick it up when the 3rd one of the series comes by but not completely sold on the whole narrative of the Crown-Shy.

“So, you see, it’s enough that I’m experientially different; I don’t want to be physically different, too.”

Book Review of "A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Monk & Robot #1"

“I think there’s something beautiful about being lucky enough to witness a thing on its way out.”

Becky Chambers’ SciFi books are not your typical SciFi stories - they have more heart than expected, the philosophical discussions are deeper & darker than first anticipated and the stories pull you in emotionally without having an iota of melodrama. A unique blend for SciFi books.

“Every living thing causes damage to others, Sibling Dex. You’d all starve otherwise.”

“A Psalm for the Wild-Built” is the first book in the “Monk and Robot” Series. A super-slow & somewhat frustrating start. But the last 2/3rd portion of the book is basically a long discussion between a Tea Monk and a sentient Robot discussing anything and everything. And even though it may not sound great, trust me, it's simply amazing. Even though nothing actually happens in the book, you will be left with a smile on your face and a yearning for more. A definite ⅘.

“That’s immortality. How is that less desirable?” “Because nothing else in the world behaves that way.”