A review by hazelfizz
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone

4.0

This was a dense, exhausting read. Leave time to savor the language and the world-building (even its occasional hapax-legomenon throwaway history). Do read the acknowledgements. Don't plan to read an epic all at once. Which is why I generally hate them: you can't summarize the episodes, or necessarily follow along. But I could see myself rereading this eventually. In retirement. It's beautiful, it's transhuman, it's transplanetary.

Nobody tell me the Journey to the West isn't too long or sweeping to give a shit. I need something bite-sized for a while.