A review by commander_zander
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

More fast paced than its page count suggests. Fascinating. Semi-joking description: Cloud Atlas meets The Good Place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Islamophobia

Moderate: Racism, Confinement, Slavery, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Also various types of harm appear in the context of historical eunuch communities