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A review by mopherad
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
4.0
Book deals with a lot of cool themes and sci fi concepts, builds some unique cultural stuff. Political intrigue gets good…eventually.
Biggest issues are that the protagonist seems to just get pulled from one place to the next. Feels like the story is happening to them. I think this could have been balanced by a second POV to switch between. The other is some of the themes (cultures absorbing each other) are a bit more show then tell.
Biggest issues are that the protagonist seems to just get pulled from one place to the next. Feels like the story is happening to them. I think this could have been balanced by a second POV to switch between. The other is some of the themes (cultures absorbing each other) are a bit more show then tell.