A festering wound of woke identity-politics masquerading as a sci-fi novel. I didn’t at all mind the gender neutrality of the Ancillary series because it never affected the story. But Translation State takes “emotion triumphs over science” to silly levels, to the point it does get in the way. The ridiculous number of pronouns constantly trips up the narrative.
Actually…the skin on my left heel is a little scaly: I think I might identify as an iguana!