And the series comes to an end.
I have really enjoyed these very gentle books. There is bad stuff but is at the periphery of these stories and it is a refreshing change to have a gentler amble through some slice of life of stories. Alien slices of life, largely, but still.
These books have not been 'accurate' hard sci-fi. The aliens are very anthromorphised but they are well executed so you don't really care. Further, this just highlights that the stories are actually about us, now, told through a science fictional lens.
This one is a lockdown parable. It must have been written before the current pandemic in one of those lucky hit things but it feels very fresh and apt because of that.
This gets 5 stars on its own but that rating is also a reflection of my view of the series as whole. Highly recommended.