yasha32 's review for:

The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

3.75

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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This book is very smart. I liked how Vara wove together history, commentary on our culture and world order. It tried to accomplish a lot.

One of my criticisms is that Athena never really uses her “powers” of memory & brain connected directly to the internet, because most of her story takes place in places without WiFi.

I listened to this on audiobook, and I wonder if I would have liked it better had I just read it in my own voice.