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Book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Challenge: GISH II
Team: I Plead the Fifth (Team 5)



Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.

Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

About 25% in

This is my second Becky Chambers, after The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, and she certainly has a way of creating interesting worlds and varied characters - so I certainly went into this with a certain level of expectation.

And it certainly has started well. Sibling Dex is an interesting character and I can imagine the journey they are embarking on across villages of Panga and serving tea to people and learning about their misgivings. Panga, by itself, is a world that seems very intriguing and how the humans and robots have evolved separately from each other.

And now I am at the introduction of Splendid Speckled Mosscap and the interaction between the two is rather funny. Excited to see where this goes...

A friend recommended this book and I’m so happy that she did. This is not a genre that I’m typically drawn to, but I loved it from beginning to end. I was drawn into Dex’s journey and related to his feelings of restlessness. I also loved how no nonsense Mosscap was and how he shared his view of the world was. It was something I needed to hear. I really enjoyed this book.