Ammonite

I love anthropological science fiction stories like this. The world-building was fascinating, and I continue to be a sucker for winter survival stories as well.

I'm probably underrating it a little considering the complexity of both the different cultures she created and how they interacted with each other as well as the actual science fiction parts of how these cultures came to be and how they continue to reproduce on an all-female world, but I struggled to feel fully connected with the main character. That is admittedly part of the point of the character -- she is someone who struggles to form lasting connections with others -- and it didn't bother me in the first half, but as she supposedly learns to reconnect with herself and her emotions in the back half, I somehow started to feel even more distant from her. I don't know why that happened, but while I continued to enjoy the excellent plotting, I lost a little bit of my personal investment in the individuals by the end.

Still enjoyed this and found it really impressive in many ways and would recommend it to anyone else who likes anthropological science fiction.