A review by kimberley353
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

There are moments in this book which I would give 4.5 to 5 stars, but I did have a hard time with the names, and amount of literary terms used. It was very alienating at the beginning. Which really allowed me to feel the same way Mahit probably does throughout the book. It felt like stepping into a universe which is very similar but oh so different. 

But overall I was not able to get lost in the book as much as I hoped for

I will be reading book 2 and hoping for less literary themes