Then She Asks What It Is To Still Want And Still Need Rest In Such A World - Blog Posts

booklr book quotes book review monk and robot becky chambers a psalm for the wild built a prayer for the crown shy finished the monk and robot books there's some criticism of them out there but I think these books are in direct conversation with a world that asks too much of us chambers creates a gentle world built on mutual aid that provides for all of its people then she asks what it is to still want and still need rest in such a world my summation of it is that beyond the basics human purpose and needs are meandering and hard to define in the end her characters choose connection with each other as their most immediate and pressing need