As I finished the book I had very mixed feelings about it. While I was happy for Helva who seemed to have found a brawn she is compatible with I was anxious to see if the mission to Beta Corvi turned out. I realize that the book is not about her missions but about her struggle with mourning and moving on. But after all the hype about the mission and CV drive, I wanted to know if it turned out. And...since she was going back to Beta Corvi where she left those other four passengers I want to know if they are happy there and if there is any sense of "human" left in them. A huge chunk of the book was devoted to that mission and I feel like they have kept me hanging too much. I like a little suspense, a sense of what happens next, in books but this is too much. I need more!!!
Another aspect I have mixed feelings about is the whole mourning of brain ships. These shell people and ships are designed to last hundreds of years. So the makers know that the ships will go through many brawns in a natural lifetime. Wouldn't it make sense to condition the shell people to deal with mourning and loss? Especially if they are going to allow them to retain their feelings. It seems to me that this should have been something the designers should have thought of when making shell people and pairing them with brawns. If part of Helva's conditioning had been dealing with loss and grief, she may not have had such a hard time when Jennan died. But, anyway, I am glad things worked out for Helva in the end and she seems happy now. As for the mission, I guess we'll never know.
That would definately make sense if the makers would have taught them how to deal with the deaths or their brawns. I mean they live for so long and their is not much coping that they can do like running or writing... or can they write? Anyways it does not seem that there is much they can do to keep their minds off of what had happened. They are up 24/7 so they can not really get a mental break of any sort. I do not really understand how that whole part of the ships never sleeping really works either since people go crazy if they stay up for more than three days i think it is and since the ships are still human wouldn't they go mad? The mind needs a break sometimes. Plus dreaming I believe has a purpose. They show you your wants and fears. Or maybe they are just fragments of nonsense, I'm not quite sure. The whole issue of what is the importance of dreams is still up for debate. I'm suprized Helva did not go crazy having to think of Jennan's death and not have a moment of rest for her mind.
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