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elenahect 's review for:
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
This book evoked two different and equally strong reactions in me-
One: Three Seagrass are you free for dinner this Friday I will listen to you recite poetry all day thank you please please please
Two: What a beautiful book. What a horrible, beautiful empire. A sublime use of the stranger in a strange land, Mahit just as lost as us in the empire that is the city that is the world. She never had all the pieces until the very end; and even then, she was still surprised. Dazzling worldbuilding, a breath of fresh air with a Mesoamerican-styled space empire with layers of address and court and intrigue. An incredible page-turner as the ambassador juggles Teixcalaani life and tries not to let the whole beautiful display of scheming and lies and appearances drop a single ball. Three Seagrass was right. Staying with Mahit was *the* most interesting possibility.
The people are so beautifully human. Especially when skirting the edge of being human or being a figurehead, a memory, a living breathing skin - what a task it is to try and stop the hurricane of empire. You're standing in front of the tsunami, Mahit, and you too will be changed by trying to divert it. Already putting a hold on Desolation.
One: Three Seagrass are you free for dinner this Friday I will listen to you recite poetry all day thank you please please please
Two: What a beautiful book. What a horrible, beautiful empire. A sublime use of the stranger in a strange land, Mahit just as lost as us in the empire that is the city that is the world. She never had all the pieces until the very end; and even then, she was still surprised. Dazzling worldbuilding, a breath of fresh air with a Mesoamerican-styled space empire with layers of address and court and intrigue. An incredible page-turner as the ambassador juggles Teixcalaani life and tries not to let the whole beautiful display of scheming and lies and appearances drop a single ball. Three Seagrass was right. Staying with Mahit was *the* most interesting possibility.
The people are so beautifully human. Especially when skirting the edge of being human or being a figurehead, a memory, a living breathing skin - what a task it is to try and stop the hurricane of empire. You're standing in front of the tsunami, Mahit, and you too will be changed by trying to divert it. Already putting a hold on Desolation.