This was a short book that was written in an unusual style. It is set in a science fiction world, but is a sort of comforting, philosophical exploration of what we want. Most of the story takes place in dialogue between a monk, and a wild-built robot.
The monk is named Dex, who says they prefer to be genderless. This makes the reading a little more difficult as the pronouns used for Dex are they/their. I often got confused about who was being referred to, and especially in reading science fiction you don’t know if the people on this planet have two heads, three genders, or whatever.
I thought the story was short, simple and mildly interesting, but I wasn’t sure that much was resolved by the end of it. Apparently there is another book or two in the series, but I don’t think this one caught my attention enough to keep on going.
Next I’m reading The Shadow of the Gods, by John Gwynne.
