terpkristin's Reviews > Barrayar

Easily one of the best books I've read this year, possibly also one of the best since 2022 ended. I appreciate how Bujold transformed the relationship between Cordelia and Aral and gave great backstory for the rest of the Vorkoskigan saga. I also appreciate how Bujold hit topics head-on and didn't just use them as small devices but really tried to address them from multiple angles. I'll never get over that passage I highlighted (and added in one of the updates) about the state of women's healthcare. I suspect I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.