A Psalm for the Wild-Built is one of my favorite books of all time, and yet it took me a while to finally pick this up. Like a Psalm for the Wild-Built, the sci-fi setting is both a compelling atmosphere and a mechanism for philosophical discussion. The descriptions of how non-human sentient species approach the world and each other will often lead the presumably human reader to reconsider aspects of our own culture in comparison.

The book is also an excellent example of a found family almost slice-of-life story with a diverse cast of characters dealing with a variety of circumstances with a variety of stakes. It's like Firefly, but with more focus on the "small stuff" and interpersonal relationships. The emotional experience of the characters is always at the core of the more action-heavy sequences, which I appreciated. I did cry at one point, so I certainly got invested in this crew.

The audiobook narrator wasn't my favorite, but she did well enough covering a variety of voices.