Moggie commented on Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Really enjoyed the story, though I would have liked to see the relationship between the main characters developed more. They're polar opposites in most ways, which you'd expect would make them irritating to each other, yet there's very little conflict or even misunderstanding between them. And by the end, neither is the same person they were at the beginning. You'd think that would have some profound effects, but they just kind of shrug it off.
I do have some nitpicks with the science fiction aspect. For one, it's heavily implied that consciousness and perception are something separate from the physical body. But if that is so, how would it be possible for genetic modification to alter these things?
And why would there still be a job doing manual data entry in a society with such advanced tech?