A review by simonlorden
Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik

3.5

This was far from my favorite book - most of it drags awfully and not much happens, but the few chapters at the end make up for it. I do love Kulingile, Demane and Roland, and of course Tharkay, so there have been good moments. And I'm really sick of the British government ruining everything for their own greed, but it seems the characters are too. Meanwhile the French and the Chinese are both making alliances with and respecting the strength of the "savage" indigenous peoples, which really makes the British seem even stupider and racist. Anyway.