I finally read A Psalm for the Wild-Built!
This was awesome! I think Becky Chambers is now a new favorite author of mine.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers is set on Panga--a distant moon that has been settled by humans. The humans on this moon are living in a new age where they are no longer dependent on technology, and things made during the "Factory Age" such as humanoid robots, have disappeared into the wild. The story follows a young monk named Dex. Their title as a monk is "Sibling Dex" since they are nonbinary. They've grown bored with their monastic living and decide to become a tea monk. Tea monks travel around and listen to help people with their problems while sharing cups of teas. On their travels they encounter a humanoid robot named Mosscap, who wants to understand humans better by asking Dex "What do humans need?" From then on out, Mosscap and Dex travel together across Panga trying to understand humans--and each other--better.
The story gets very philosophical, but it's very cozy too! This is a perfect book if you are in the mood for cozy sci-fi with remarkable characters. It has great queer rep, too!
I gave it 4.5 stars, but that's just because it took me a while to understand the worldbuilding for the setting. Go read this novella!
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